Oregon Esthetician questions with
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It is the most abundant of all substances, compared to think about 75% of the earths
surface in about 65% of the human body. - answer Water
What does the water contains? - answer Dissolved minerals, bacteria, and other
substances
Potential Hydrogen - answer pH
What is pH? - answer A substance relative degree of acidity or alkaline
How is the pH measured? - answer Acidity to alkalinity of a substance
scale of 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral
pH below 7 is - answer An acidic solution
pH above 7 is - answer An alkaline solution
Examples of a suspension - answer Oil and vinegar salad are suspension
What is a suspension? - answer Unstable mixtures of two or more immiscible
substances
What type of substances are mixed together to form of emulsions? - answer Two or
more immiscible liquids (water and oil)
Surfactants have two ends; what are they? - answer the hydrophobic end (water loving)
and the lipophilic end (oil loving)
Oil in water poducts - answer - Moisturizing lotions
- Cleansing lotions
Water in oil products - answer - cleansing creams
, - cold creams
- night creams
- massage creams
- baby creams
- suntan lotion
Electrical facial treatment are commonly referred to as - answer Electrotherapy
This treatments are often called - answer Modalities
An applicator for directing the electric current from the device to the clients skin -
answer An electrode
Indicates the negative or positive pole of an electric current - answer Polarity
The positive electrode is called - answer Anode
Is a constant and direct current (CDC)
It has a positive and negative pole and produces chemical changes when it passes
through the tissues and fluids of the body - answer Galvanic current
Is the electrode used on the area to be treated - answer Active electrode
Is the process of introducing water-soluble products into the skin with the use of electric
current - answer Ionization
Refers to infusing a positive (acid) product into the skin - answer Cataphoresis
Is the process of infusing a negative (alkaline) product into the skin - answer
Anaphoresis
Is a form of anaphoresis and is a process used to soften and emulsify grease deposits
(oil) and blackheads into the hair follicles - answer Desincrustation
Is the application of light rays to the skin for the treatment of acne, capillaries,
pigmentation, or hair removal - answer Light Therapy
What does IPL stand for? - answer Intense Pulse Light
What does LED stand for? - answer Light Emitting Diode
What types of skin does blue LED help? - answer People with acne
What is photo-rejuvenation? - answer Growing technology that utilizes light therapy to
enhance the skin
What benefits does a red LED give? - answer Muscle healing
correct answers A+ graded
It is the most abundant of all substances, compared to think about 75% of the earths
surface in about 65% of the human body. - answer Water
What does the water contains? - answer Dissolved minerals, bacteria, and other
substances
Potential Hydrogen - answer pH
What is pH? - answer A substance relative degree of acidity or alkaline
How is the pH measured? - answer Acidity to alkalinity of a substance
scale of 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral
pH below 7 is - answer An acidic solution
pH above 7 is - answer An alkaline solution
Examples of a suspension - answer Oil and vinegar salad are suspension
What is a suspension? - answer Unstable mixtures of two or more immiscible
substances
What type of substances are mixed together to form of emulsions? - answer Two or
more immiscible liquids (water and oil)
Surfactants have two ends; what are they? - answer the hydrophobic end (water loving)
and the lipophilic end (oil loving)
Oil in water poducts - answer - Moisturizing lotions
- Cleansing lotions
Water in oil products - answer - cleansing creams
, - cold creams
- night creams
- massage creams
- baby creams
- suntan lotion
Electrical facial treatment are commonly referred to as - answer Electrotherapy
This treatments are often called - answer Modalities
An applicator for directing the electric current from the device to the clients skin -
answer An electrode
Indicates the negative or positive pole of an electric current - answer Polarity
The positive electrode is called - answer Anode
Is a constant and direct current (CDC)
It has a positive and negative pole and produces chemical changes when it passes
through the tissues and fluids of the body - answer Galvanic current
Is the electrode used on the area to be treated - answer Active electrode
Is the process of introducing water-soluble products into the skin with the use of electric
current - answer Ionization
Refers to infusing a positive (acid) product into the skin - answer Cataphoresis
Is the process of infusing a negative (alkaline) product into the skin - answer
Anaphoresis
Is a form of anaphoresis and is a process used to soften and emulsify grease deposits
(oil) and blackheads into the hair follicles - answer Desincrustation
Is the application of light rays to the skin for the treatment of acne, capillaries,
pigmentation, or hair removal - answer Light Therapy
What does IPL stand for? - answer Intense Pulse Light
What does LED stand for? - answer Light Emitting Diode
What types of skin does blue LED help? - answer People with acne
What is photo-rejuvenation? - answer Growing technology that utilizes light therapy to
enhance the skin
What benefits does a red LED give? - answer Muscle healing
