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1. Laser stands for what?: Light
Amplification
Stimulated by
Emission of
Radiation
2. What is the distance measured in nanometers between two peaks or two troughs known as?: Wavelength
also measured in nanometers
3. Using the blend modality, the application of thermolysis causes the lye to be: more caustic
4. Light of only one color & one specific wavelength is known as?: Monochro- matic
5. Refraction is also known as what?: Transmission
6. The process where by a newly created photon of light (generated through amplification) acquires energy
equal to the photons that created it is known as?: Stimulated Emission
7. The states of equilibrium or middle state of light: Metastable State
8. Who theorized stimulated emission?: Albert Einstein
9. The part of the laser that contains the active medium is called?: Resinator cavity
10.What are the states of light in stimulated emission?: Ground State Excited State
Singlet State Metastable
State
11.Alexandrite laer is in the visible light spectrum at what wavelength?: 755 nm
12.The Nd:YAG laser falls in the invisible light spectrum with a wavelength of what?: 1064 nm
13.The Ruby laser produces light at what wavelength: 694.3 nm
14.The diode laser produces light at what: 800 or 810 nm
15.What type of wave is used in laser hair removal?: Pulsed wave
16.A chromophore is also know at what?: Target
17.The chromophore absorbs what?: Energy
18.Goggles worn by the patient and practitioner must be approved by which group?: ANSI (American National
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Standard Institute) for Class 3B and Class 4 Lasers
19.Each laser wavelength is what to its machine?: Specific
20.What are the parameters when doing laser hair removal?: Wavelength Spot Size
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Fluence Pulse
Width
21.Pulsed lasers allow for selective heating of specific targets, this is also known as?: Selective
Photothermolysis
22.The rate/amount of energy delivered within a given area is known as?: Flu- ence
23.An increase in fluence equals an increase in what?: Heat. Resulting in more damage
24.The length of time the light/energy is in contact with the target that is measured in milliseconds (ms)::
Pulse width/Pulse duration
25.If the time of pulse duration is changed from milliseconds to nanoseconds the laser is what?: Q Switched
26.A Q switched laser is used for what?: Tattoo removal
27.Which skin types can tolerate an Alex laser?: 1-4
28.Which skin types can tolerate a Nd:YAG laser?: All skin types
29.Which skin type should only have electrolysis and no laser?: Type 1
30.If the pulse width is greater than the thermal relaxation time it results in?: A burn
31.If the pulse width is less than or equal to the thermal relaxation time it results in?: Perfect hair removal
32.Larger structures have thermal relaxation times (TRT): Longer
33.Smaller structures have thermal relaxation times (TRT): Shorter
34. What kind of pulse widths protect the epidermis, penetrate deeper and cool more slowly?: Long
35.Longer pulse widths are for what skin type?: 4-6
36.What kind of pulse widths are more aggressive and heat up and cool down quickly?: Short
37.Shorter pulse widths are for what skin type?: 1-3
38.What percentage of follicles are damaged with each laser treatment?: 15%
39.What is a long-term stable reduction of the growing hairs after a treatment regime?: Laser Hair Removal
(LHR)
40.What does the FDA call laser hair removal?: Permanent hair reduction
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41.What is the highest setting the skin can tolerate without damage called?-
: Fluence Threshold
42.What is the highest setting the patient can tolerate without the treatment becoming impossible called?:
Patient Threshold
43.The amount of hair per one square centimeter is known as?: Hair density
44.The higher the hair density, the the fluence?: Lower
45.What percentage of overlapping do you want when doing LHR?: 10%
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1. Laser stands for what?: Light
Amplification
Stimulated by
Emission of
Radiation
2. What is the distance measured in nanometers between two peaks or two troughs known as?: Wavelength
also measured in nanometers
3. Using the blend modality, the application of thermolysis causes the lye to be: more caustic
4. Light of only one color & one specific wavelength is known as?: Monochro- matic
5. Refraction is also known as what?: Transmission
6. The process where by a newly created photon of light (generated through amplification) acquires energy
equal to the photons that created it is known as?: Stimulated Emission
7. The states of equilibrium or middle state of light: Metastable State
8. Who theorized stimulated emission?: Albert Einstein
9. The part of the laser that contains the active medium is called?: Resinator cavity
10.What are the states of light in stimulated emission?: Ground State Excited State
Singlet State Metastable
State
11.Alexandrite laer is in the visible light spectrum at what wavelength?: 755 nm
12.The Nd:YAG laser falls in the invisible light spectrum with a wavelength of what?: 1064 nm
13.The Ruby laser produces light at what wavelength: 694.3 nm
14.The diode laser produces light at what: 800 or 810 nm
15.What type of wave is used in laser hair removal?: Pulsed wave
16.A chromophore is also know at what?: Target
17.The chromophore absorbs what?: Energy
18.Goggles worn by the patient and practitioner must be approved by which group?: ANSI (American National
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Standard Institute) for Class 3B and Class 4 Lasers
19.Each laser wavelength is what to its machine?: Specific
20.What are the parameters when doing laser hair removal?: Wavelength Spot Size
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Fluence Pulse
Width
21.Pulsed lasers allow for selective heating of specific targets, this is also known as?: Selective
Photothermolysis
22.The rate/amount of energy delivered within a given area is known as?: Flu- ence
23.An increase in fluence equals an increase in what?: Heat. Resulting in more damage
24.The length of time the light/energy is in contact with the target that is measured in milliseconds (ms)::
Pulse width/Pulse duration
25.If the time of pulse duration is changed from milliseconds to nanoseconds the laser is what?: Q Switched
26.A Q switched laser is used for what?: Tattoo removal
27.Which skin types can tolerate an Alex laser?: 1-4
28.Which skin types can tolerate a Nd:YAG laser?: All skin types
29.Which skin type should only have electrolysis and no laser?: Type 1
30.If the pulse width is greater than the thermal relaxation time it results in?: A burn
31.If the pulse width is less than or equal to the thermal relaxation time it results in?: Perfect hair removal
32.Larger structures have thermal relaxation times (TRT): Longer
33.Smaller structures have thermal relaxation times (TRT): Shorter
34. What kind of pulse widths protect the epidermis, penetrate deeper and cool more slowly?: Long
35.Longer pulse widths are for what skin type?: 4-6
36.What kind of pulse widths are more aggressive and heat up and cool down quickly?: Short
37.Shorter pulse widths are for what skin type?: 1-3
38.What percentage of follicles are damaged with each laser treatment?: 15%
39.What is a long-term stable reduction of the growing hairs after a treatment regime?: Laser Hair Removal
(LHR)
40.What does the FDA call laser hair removal?: Permanent hair reduction
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41.What is the highest setting the skin can tolerate without damage called?-
: Fluence Threshold
42.What is the highest setting the patient can tolerate without the treatment becoming impossible called?:
Patient Threshold
43.The amount of hair per one square centimeter is known as?: Hair density
44.The higher the hair density, the the fluence?: Lower
45.What percentage of overlapping do you want when doing LHR?: 10%
