Laser Hair Removal Exam
What are the layers of the skin? - Answer-epidermis, dermis, hypodermis
What are the 2 classifications of hair? - Answer-Vellus and terminal hair
Pulse duration and fluence for fitz 1,2,3 - Answer--Use higher fluences
-Shorter pulse duration
Pulse duration and fluence for fitz 4,5 - Answer--Use a lower fluence
-Use a longer pulse duration
Normal systemic changes - Answer--Puberty
-Menopause
-Pregnancy
What are the factors that activate hair growth? - Answer--Increased blood supply to the area (topical
stimulation)- accelerates
-Hormone stimulation initiates and accelerates
, What is a chromophore for laser hair removal? - Answer-Melanin
Examples of medical laser wavelengths, the different platforms - Answer--Ruby: 694 nm (red light, don't
use anymore)
-Alexandrite: 755 nm (green light, skin types 1,2,3)
-Diode: 800-810 nm (invisible light, skin types 1,2,3,4)
-Nd: YAG 1064 nm (neodymium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet) (invisible light, all skin types, not the best
but safest for skin types 4 and 5)
What are the phases of hair growth - Answer-anagen, catagen, telogen
Anagen - Answer--Active hair growth is occurring
-in early anagen, the follicle is growing and starting to deepen
-Hair is beginning to grow but has not yet reached the surface of the skin
-The mid-late anagen follicle has reached its maximum depth. The hair is fully visible terminal hair on the
surface of the skin.
-The hair shaft bulb is dark or black pigmented and very moist
-Dermal papilla directs and supports hair growth, enclosed by hair matrix
Catagen - Answer--Brief transitional stage
-Last only a few days to a few weeks
-Hair folicle seperates from the papilla
-The hair shaft bulb is lighter or brown pigmented and lighter
-Hair folicle shorts 1/3 of its former length
-In late catagen, the thin cord of epidermal cells attaching the dermal papilla to the shrunken hair reacts
upwards, followed by underlyin g hair papilla, which also movesz upwards.
What are the layers of the skin? - Answer-epidermis, dermis, hypodermis
What are the 2 classifications of hair? - Answer-Vellus and terminal hair
Pulse duration and fluence for fitz 1,2,3 - Answer--Use higher fluences
-Shorter pulse duration
Pulse duration and fluence for fitz 4,5 - Answer--Use a lower fluence
-Use a longer pulse duration
Normal systemic changes - Answer--Puberty
-Menopause
-Pregnancy
What are the factors that activate hair growth? - Answer--Increased blood supply to the area (topical
stimulation)- accelerates
-Hormone stimulation initiates and accelerates
, What is a chromophore for laser hair removal? - Answer-Melanin
Examples of medical laser wavelengths, the different platforms - Answer--Ruby: 694 nm (red light, don't
use anymore)
-Alexandrite: 755 nm (green light, skin types 1,2,3)
-Diode: 800-810 nm (invisible light, skin types 1,2,3,4)
-Nd: YAG 1064 nm (neodymium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet) (invisible light, all skin types, not the best
but safest for skin types 4 and 5)
What are the phases of hair growth - Answer-anagen, catagen, telogen
Anagen - Answer--Active hair growth is occurring
-in early anagen, the follicle is growing and starting to deepen
-Hair is beginning to grow but has not yet reached the surface of the skin
-The mid-late anagen follicle has reached its maximum depth. The hair is fully visible terminal hair on the
surface of the skin.
-The hair shaft bulb is dark or black pigmented and very moist
-Dermal papilla directs and supports hair growth, enclosed by hair matrix
Catagen - Answer--Brief transitional stage
-Last only a few days to a few weeks
-Hair folicle seperates from the papilla
-The hair shaft bulb is lighter or brown pigmented and lighter
-Hair folicle shorts 1/3 of its former length
-In late catagen, the thin cord of epidermal cells attaching the dermal papilla to the shrunken hair reacts
upwards, followed by underlyin g hair papilla, which also movesz upwards.
