2024 Esthetics State Board Oregon Practice Exam New Full Questions and Answers ( Included ) 100% Correct
- What is the barrier created by skin using both sebum and sweat?
Answer: Acid mantle
- What is the chemical reaction in which the oxidizing agent is reduced and the reducing
agent is oxidized?
Answer: Oxidation-reduction (redox)
- What is the subtraction of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen called?
Answer: Re- duction
- What does it mean if a liquid is immiscible?
Answer: The liquids are not mutually soluble.
- What does hydrophilic mean?
Answer: Water loving
- What does lipophilic mean?
Answer: Oil loving
- What are electrotherapy treatments often called?
Answer: Modalities
- What are the most common used modalities in aesthetics today?
Answer: Galvanic current, microcurrent, and Tesla high-frequency current
- What type of current is a galvanic current?
Answer: Direct current
- What modality uses an extremely low level of electricity that mirrors the body's own
natural electrical impulses?
Answer: Microcurrent
11. Cataphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current
Answer: Produces acidic reactions
Closes the pores Soothes the nerves Decreases blood supply Contracts blood vessels Hardens and firms tissues
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12. Anaphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current
Answer: Produces alkaline reactions
Open the pores Stimulate and irritate the nerves Increases blood supply Expands blood vessels Softens tissues
- Effects of Microcurrent
Answer:
Improve blood and lymph circulation Produces acidic and alkaline reaction opens and closes hair follicles and pores Increases muscle tone Restores elasticity Reduces redness and inflammation Minimizes healing time in acne lesions enter improved barrier function of the skin Increases metabolism
- What is another name for Tesla high frequency current?
Answer: Violet ray
- What is the thermal or heat producing current with a high rate of oscillation or vibration?
Answer: Tesla high frequency current
- Effects of Tesla high-frequency current
Answer:
Stimulates blood circulation Increases elimination and absorption Increases metabolism Improves germicidal action Relieve congestion
- What are the three types of electromagnetic energy?
Answer: Visible light, invisible infrared light, and invisible ultraviolet radiation
- What does laser stand for?
Answer: Light amplification stimulation emission of radiation
- What is the process that turns the light from the laser into heat?
Answer: Photothermolysis
- What is yellow light used to do?
Answer: Reduce swelling and inflammation
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