18) Hair Removal

Question 1

What is the third stage of hair growth?

Answer 1

Telogen

Question 2

How does thermolysis destroy hair follicles?

Answer 2

Burning them with heat

Question 3

What is another name for threading?

Answer 3

Banding

Question 4

What is trichology?

Answer 4

Scientific study of hair hair and its diseases

Question 5

What is vellus hair?

Answer 5

Fine, soft, downy hair

Question 6

What is oily skin a contraindication for?

Answer 6

Waxing

Question 7

What is NOT a contraindication for facial waxing?

Answer 7

Recent steam treatments

Question 8

How long must hair be in order to remove it with waxing?

Answer 8

1/4 inch

Question 9

What should clients avoid for at least 24 to 48 hours after waxing?

Answer 9

Excessive heat

Question 10

What can lead to the production of new terminal hairs?

Answer 10

Removing fine vellus hair on areas not covered by terminal hairs

Question 11

What happens to lanugo hair shortly after birth?

Answer 11

Replaced either by vellus hairs or by terminal hairs

Question 12

What happens during puberty, involving hair?

Answer 12

Follicles switch from producing vellus hairs to terminal hairs

Question 13

What is the acronym ACT used to help estheticians remember?

Answer 13

Stages of hair growth

Question 14

What is anagen?

Answer 14

First stage of hair growth

Question 15

What describes the arrector pili muscle?

Answer 15

Appendage of the hair follicle

Question 16

What is infected inflammation of the hair follicle?

Answer 16

Barbae folliculitis

Question 17

What is the second stage of hair growth?

Answer 17

Catagen

Question 18

What is the function of a depilatory?

Answer 18

Temporarily removing superfluous hair by dissolving it at skin level

Question 19

What is the removal of hair by means of an electric current that destroys the hair root?

Answer 19

Electrolysis

Question 20

What is removing hair from the follicles via tweezing or waxing?

Answer 20

Epilation

Question 21

Where is the hair bulb located?

Answer 21

Base of the follicle

Question 22

What shape does a hair follicle take?

Answer 22

Small tube

Question 23

Why is it beneficial that each thread is discarded after use during the threading process?

Answer 23

Makes threading more sanitary than waxing

Question 24

What type of skin might benefit from sugaring as an alternative form of epilation?

Answer 24

Sensitive

Question 25

What direction is product applied during the hand method of sugaring?

Answer 25

Against the hair growth

Question 26

What direction is product applied during the spatula method of sugaring?

Answer 26

with the hair growth

Question 27

What epilation technique is associated with the dangers of burns severe enough for blisters, failure to remove hair, and the removal of actual skin?

Answer 27

Waxing

Question 28

What is NOT a form in which hard waxes are available?

Answer 28

Strips

Question 29

What is true of soft wax?

Answer 29

has a lower melting point than hard wax

Question 30

What is true of stainless steel slant tipped tweezers?

Answer 30

they are best for general tweezing

Question 31

What is pellon used to make?

Answer 31

Wax strips

Question 32

What is the shape of the hair papilla?

Answer 32

Cone

Question 33

What function does the hair root perform?

Answer 33

Anchoring the hair to the skin cells

Question 34

What is hirsutism?

Answer 34

Unusual hair growth on body parts normally bearing downy hair

Question 35

What is the term for excessive hair growth where hair does not normally grow?

Answer 35

Hypertrichosis

Question 36

What does the acronym IPL stand for?

Answer 36

Intense pulsed light

Question 37

When in life does the human body grow lanugo hair?

Answer 37

Gestation

Question 38

What is NOT true of laser hair removal?

Answer 38

Several wavelengths are used at a time

Question 39

What does photoepilation use to remove?

Answer 39

IPL and laser hair removal

Question 40

What is NOT contained within the pilosebaceous unit?

Answer 40

Sebaceous gland

Question 41

What is an ancient method of hair removal?

Answer 41

Sugaring

Question 42

How long does a hair located on the scalp grow each month, on average?

Answer 42

One-half inch

Question 43

How does the latent phase of hair growth occur?

Answer 43

After telogen and before anagen

Question 44

What is considered to be the only true method of permanent hair removal?

Answer 44

Electrolysis

Question 45

What hair removal procedure is performed by inserting small needles into the hair follicles?

Answer 45

Electrolysis

Question 46

What effect does galvanic electrolysis have?

Answer 46

Chemical decomposition

Question 47

What is NOT true of shaving?

Answer 47

it permanently removes hair

Question 48

What can be corrected by changing the direction of shaving?

Answer 48

Prevalence of ingrown hairs

Question 49

For what type of skin is tweezing often a better alternative to waxing?

Answer 49

Sensitive