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Post treatment home care instructions for electrology patients should include a recommendation to:
✔Correct Answer--Stay out of the sun for several days
What should be suspected in patients who present with obesity, red or purple striae, "moon face"
and dowager's hump? ✔Correct Answer--Cushing's syndrome
Sun exposure and tanning decreases the efficiency of the treatment with the Alexandrite laser and
increases the risk of complications such as : ✔Correct Answer--Hyperpigmentation
Which type of diabetes is always insulin dependent ? ✔Correct Answer--Type 1
Treatment of African American patients requires extra caustic. Because their skin is more likely to...
✔Correct Answer--Develop keloids, hypopigmentation, or hyperpigmentation
Differences in sexual hair patterns between males and females are due to : ✔Correct Answer--
Androgens
If an African American male patient presents with psuedofolliculitis Barbae with numerous pustules
and evidence of secondary infection, the electrologist should: ✔Correct Answer--Refer the patient
to a physician
Photothermolysis is based on the principle of using: ✔Correct Answer--Laser energy to selectively
destroy a target beneath the surface of the skin
The best means of addressing patient concerns about the success of hair removal is to: ✔Correct
Answer--Reassure the patient and provide realistic expectations
After lasing, the subsequent heat transfers from the chromophore to: ✔Correct Answer--Adjacent
tissue
Which type of skin lesion is considered premalignant ? ✔Correct Answer--Actinic keratosis
The most common type of laser used for hair removal is : ✔Correct Answer--Pulsed
Melanin is formed from melanocytes, which is found where? ✔Correct Answer--Epidermis
When performing electrolysis on a diabetic patient, the electrologist must be aware of what? When
examining a client ? ✔Correct Answer--Slow healing
A patient/client with androgenic stimulated hair growth, is experiencing : ✔Correct Answer--
Hirsutism
Which hair is best destroyed by laser hair removal treatments ? ✔Correct Answer--Terminal
Which hormones is responsible for the basic metabolic rate of the body ? ✔Correct Answer--
Thyroxine
, A patients pain threshold is affected by? ✔Correct Answer--Nutritional status
Skin inflammation or redness that occurs as abnormal reaction to tissue injury is known as:
✔Correct Answer--Erythema
The wavelength most effective for laser hair removal falls between: ✔Correct Answer--755-1064
nm
A positive outcome resulting from patient expectations is called the: ✔Correct Answer--Placebo
effect
Universal precautions : ✔Correct Answer--The use of infection control practices during the
treatment of all patients
Important practices to employ with patients who are beginning laser hair removal treatment:
✔Correct Answer--Verifying that the treatment area is free of cherry hemangiomas
To effectively treat patients with dark skin with Nd: Yag, you need: ✔Correct Answer--Longer
wavelengths and longer pulse widths
Prolonged bleeding from a wound can result from a deficiency of : ✔Correct Answer--Vitamin K
What precautions should the electrology list take before treating a patient with a skin condition that
resembles dermatitis artefacta? ✔Correct Answer--Refer the patient for a medical evaluation
Foot switches on laser hair removal devices differ from those on needle epilator aunt hat laser foot
switches are: ✔Correct Answer--Hooded
The most common cause of hirsutism and menstrual irregularity in women less than 50 years of age
is : ✔Correct Answer--Polycystic ovaries
The average time required for a tweezed hair to reappear is : ✔Correct Answer--1-2 weeks
what is the wavelength for the long pulsed alexandrite laser? ✔Correct Answer--755
The relative fluence effect on the skin is greatest with a spot size of? ✔Correct Answer--18mm
Furuncles and abscesses on the skin are most frequently caused by which type of bacteria?
✔Correct Answer--Staphylococci
The process in which all bacteria are destroyed is known as: ✔Correct Answer--Sterilization
It is not advisable to use absolute (undiluted) alcohol because it: ✔Correct Answer--Is less effective
than 70% alcohol
The recommended time period to wait before performing electrology procedures on skin that has
just revived collagen implants is: ✔Correct Answer--4 weeks
How can blood Bourne pathogens enter the body? ✔Correct Answer--Through broken skin and
mucous membranes
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Post treatment home care instructions for electrology patients should include a recommendation to:
✔Correct Answer--Stay out of the sun for several days
What should be suspected in patients who present with obesity, red or purple striae, "moon face"
and dowager's hump? ✔Correct Answer--Cushing's syndrome
Sun exposure and tanning decreases the efficiency of the treatment with the Alexandrite laser and
increases the risk of complications such as : ✔Correct Answer--Hyperpigmentation
Which type of diabetes is always insulin dependent ? ✔Correct Answer--Type 1
Treatment of African American patients requires extra caustic. Because their skin is more likely to...
✔Correct Answer--Develop keloids, hypopigmentation, or hyperpigmentation
Differences in sexual hair patterns between males and females are due to : ✔Correct Answer--
Androgens
If an African American male patient presents with psuedofolliculitis Barbae with numerous pustules
and evidence of secondary infection, the electrologist should: ✔Correct Answer--Refer the patient
to a physician
Photothermolysis is based on the principle of using: ✔Correct Answer--Laser energy to selectively
destroy a target beneath the surface of the skin
The best means of addressing patient concerns about the success of hair removal is to: ✔Correct
Answer--Reassure the patient and provide realistic expectations
After lasing, the subsequent heat transfers from the chromophore to: ✔Correct Answer--Adjacent
tissue
Which type of skin lesion is considered premalignant ? ✔Correct Answer--Actinic keratosis
The most common type of laser used for hair removal is : ✔Correct Answer--Pulsed
Melanin is formed from melanocytes, which is found where? ✔Correct Answer--Epidermis
When performing electrolysis on a diabetic patient, the electrologist must be aware of what? When
examining a client ? ✔Correct Answer--Slow healing
A patient/client with androgenic stimulated hair growth, is experiencing : ✔Correct Answer--
Hirsutism
Which hair is best destroyed by laser hair removal treatments ? ✔Correct Answer--Terminal
Which hormones is responsible for the basic metabolic rate of the body ? ✔Correct Answer--
Thyroxine
, A patients pain threshold is affected by? ✔Correct Answer--Nutritional status
Skin inflammation or redness that occurs as abnormal reaction to tissue injury is known as:
✔Correct Answer--Erythema
The wavelength most effective for laser hair removal falls between: ✔Correct Answer--755-1064
nm
A positive outcome resulting from patient expectations is called the: ✔Correct Answer--Placebo
effect
Universal precautions : ✔Correct Answer--The use of infection control practices during the
treatment of all patients
Important practices to employ with patients who are beginning laser hair removal treatment:
✔Correct Answer--Verifying that the treatment area is free of cherry hemangiomas
To effectively treat patients with dark skin with Nd: Yag, you need: ✔Correct Answer--Longer
wavelengths and longer pulse widths
Prolonged bleeding from a wound can result from a deficiency of : ✔Correct Answer--Vitamin K
What precautions should the electrology list take before treating a patient with a skin condition that
resembles dermatitis artefacta? ✔Correct Answer--Refer the patient for a medical evaluation
Foot switches on laser hair removal devices differ from those on needle epilator aunt hat laser foot
switches are: ✔Correct Answer--Hooded
The most common cause of hirsutism and menstrual irregularity in women less than 50 years of age
is : ✔Correct Answer--Polycystic ovaries
The average time required for a tweezed hair to reappear is : ✔Correct Answer--1-2 weeks
what is the wavelength for the long pulsed alexandrite laser? ✔Correct Answer--755
The relative fluence effect on the skin is greatest with a spot size of? ✔Correct Answer--18mm
Furuncles and abscesses on the skin are most frequently caused by which type of bacteria?
✔Correct Answer--Staphylococci
The process in which all bacteria are destroyed is known as: ✔Correct Answer--Sterilization
It is not advisable to use absolute (undiluted) alcohol because it: ✔Correct Answer--Is less effective
than 70% alcohol
The recommended time period to wait before performing electrology procedures on skin that has
just revived collagen implants is: ✔Correct Answer--4 weeks
How can blood Bourne pathogens enter the body? ✔Correct Answer--Through broken skin and
mucous membranes
