Electrolysis and Laser Hair Removal State Board Practice Questions & Answers 2025/2026

ELECTROLYSIS IBEC AND LASER STATE BOARD
PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
2025/2026


1. What is a round follicle for which hair type? - ANSWER->>-Straight hair

2. Laser stands for? - ANSWER->>-
L- LIGHT
A-AMPLIFICATION
S- STIMULATED
E- EMISSION
R- RADIATION

3. What is the distance measured in nanometers between two peaks? -
ANSWER->>-Wavelength

4. Light of only one color and one specific wavelength? - ANSWER->>-
Monochromatic

5. Refraction is also know as? - ANSWER->>-Transmission

6. Newly created photon of light, requires energy equal to? - ANSWER->>-
Simulated Emission

7. Who theorized stimulated emission? - ANSWER->>-Albert Einstein

8. Alexandrite laser is in the visible light spectrum at what wavelength? -
ANSWER->>-755nm

9. The Nd:YAG laser falls in the invisible light spectrum with a wavelength of
what? - ANSWER->>-1064nm

10.What type of wave is used in laser hair removal? - ANSWER->>-Pulsed
wave

11.A chromophore is also known as what? - ANSWER->>-Target

,12.The chromophore absorbs what? - ANSWER->>-Energy

13.Googles are approved by? - ANSWER->>-ANSI (American National
Standard Institute)

14.Each laser wavelength is what to it's machine? - ANSWER->>-Specific

15.What are the parameters when doing laser hair removal? - ANSWER->>-1.
Wavelength
2. Spot size
3. Fluence
4. Pulse Width

16.Pulsed lasers allow for selective heating of specific targets, this is also
known as? - ANSWER->>-Selective Photothermolysis

17.Rate/amount of energy delivered within a given area is? - ANSWER->>-
Fluence

18.Increase in fluence equals an increase in what? - ANSWER->>-Heat

19.Length of time the light/energy is in contact with the target that is measured
in milliseconds? - ANSWER->>-Pulse width/Pulse duration

20.If the time of pulse duration is changed from milliseconds to nanoseconds
the laser is what? - ANSWER->>-Q Switched

21.A Q-Switched laser is used for what? - ANSWER->>-Tattoo Removal

22.Which skin types can tolerate an ALEX LASER? - ANSWER->>-
Fitzpatrick 1-4

23.Which skin types can tolerate an Nd:YAG laser? - ANSWER->>-ALL
SKIN TYPES

24.Which skin type can only have electrolysis? - ANSWER->>-Type 1

25.If the pulse width is greater than the thermal relaxation time, it results in? -
ANSWER->>-A Burn

, 26.If the pulse width is less than or equal to the thermal relaxation time, it
results in? - ANSWER->>-Perfect hair removal

27.Larger structures have what thermal relaxation times (TRT)? - ANSWER-
>>-Longer

28.Smaller structures have what thermal relaxation times (TRT)? - ANSWER-
>>-Shorter

29.What kind of pulse widths protect the epidermis, penetrate deeper, and cool
more slowly? - ANSWER->>-Long

30.Longer pulse widths are for what skin types? - ANSWER->>-Fitzpatrick 4-6

31.What kind of pulse widths are more aggressive and heat up and cool down
quickly? - ANSWER->>-Short

32.Shorter pulse widths are for what skin type? - ANSWER->>-Fitzpatrick 1-3

33.What percentage of follicles are damaged with each laser treatment? -
ANSWER->>-15%

34.Long term stable reduction of the growing hairs after a treatment? -
ANSWER->>-LASER HAIR REMOVAL

35.What does the FDA call laser hair removal? - ANSWER->>-Permanent hair
reduction

36.What is the highest setting the skin can tolerate without damage called? -
ANSWER->>-Fluence Threshold

37.What is the highest setting the patient can tolerate without the treatment
becoming impossible? - ANSWER->>-Patient Threshold

38.What is hair density? - ANSWER->>-The amount of hair per square
centimeter

39.The higher the hair density, the _________________ the fluence? -
ANSWER->>-Lower