Chapter 5 Skin Analysis

Question 1

What is a characteristic of seborrhea?

Answer 1

Flaking skin

Question 2

Which factors that affect the skin are considered intrinsic?

Answer 2

Dehydration

Question 3

How would you define these effects on the skin: pollutants, over exfoliation, climate, and photosensitivity?

Answer 3

Extrinsic factors

Question 4

What is true of sun damage?

Answer 4

It is the main external cause of aging

Question 5

What does dehydrated skin lack?

Answer 5

Water

Question 6

What is true of normal skin?

Answer 6

It has a good oil-water balance

Question 7

What skin type is associated with the treatment goals of maintenance and preventative care?

Answer 7

Normal

Question 8

If your primary treatment goals are to soothe, calm, and protect, then your client most likely has _________ skin.

Answer 8

Sensitive

Question 9

What are contraindications?

Answer 9

Factors that prohibit a treatment

Question 10

What type of skin condition is indicated by redness and is the result of distended capillaries from weakening of the capillary walls?

Answer 10

Couperose skin

Question 11

What does the Fitzpatrick scale measure?

Answer 11

Skin’s ability to tolerate UV exposure

Question 12

When should you analyze the client’s skin type and conditions?

Answer 12

Before performing services

Question 13

What type on the Fitzpatrick scale is a person w Latin American heritage, dark hair, brown eyes, and rarely burns?

Answer 13

Type V

Question 14

What are the general characteristics of type II on the Fitzpatrick scale?

Answer 14

Light skin, varied eye color, varied hair color, burns easily

Question 15

What is a new phenomenon caused by constantly looking down at your phone?

Answer 15

Tech neck

Question 16

What makes one person’s skin darker than another person’s skin?

Answer 16

Greater amounts of melanin

Question 17

What skin type is more likely to have a greater problem w hyperpigmentation than the other skin types?

Answer 17

Dark

Question 18

What is a characteristic of actinic keratosis?

Answer 18

Rough area resulting from sun exposure, sometimes peeling off

Question 19

What is a characteristic of erythema?

Answer 19

Redness caused by inflammation

Question 20

Seizures or epilepsy are a contraindication for which treatment?

Answer 20

Electrical and light-based treatments that pulsate

Question 21

What are skin types?

Answer 21

Classifications that describe a person’s genetic skin attributes

Question 22

What are skin types primarily based on?

Answer 22

Oil production and lipids between cells

Question 23

What can be indicated by the size of the pores in the T-zone and throughout the face

Answer 23

Skin type

Question 24

What is not one of the four skin types?

Answer 24

Sensitive

Question 25

What skin types require proper cleansing, exfoliating, and hydrating?

Answer 25

All skin types

Question 26

What is a characteristic of dry skin?

Answer 26

Tight feeling, slightly rough

Question 27

Which internal effect on the skin alters protein structures and decreases biological activity?

Answer 27

Glycation

Question 28

What is a characteristic of oily skin?

Answer 28

Follicles that are visible or larger over most of the face

Question 29

What is true of individuals with Fitzpatrick skin type IV?

Answer 29

They can become hyperpigmented from treatments

Question 30

What type of skin ages more slowly than the other types?

Answer 30

Oily skin

Question 31

What is a characteristic of sensitive skin?

Answer 31

Fragile, thin skin and redness

Question 32

What type of skin can be difficult to treat because of its low tolerance for products and stimulation?

Answer 32

Sensitive

Question 33

What type on the Fitzpatrick scale is a person with almost translucent skin, blond or red hair, light colored eyes, and possibly freckles?

Answer 33

Type I

Question 34

What makes the skin of the neck and décolleté different from the skin on the face?

Answer 34

Has fewer sebaceous glands

Question 35

What is it called when you examine skin through touch to determine oiliness and elasticity?

Answer 35

Palpation

Question 36

What type of approach will help you to identify healthy habits and behaviors that are detrimental to skin health and allow you to better help your clients?

Answer 36

Holistic

Question 37

Someone who lives along the equator will have a greater number of what compared to someone who lives at the North Pole?

Answer 37

Active melanocytes

Question 38

What is true of Fitzpatrick skin types V and VI?

Answer 38

May have abnormal hypertrophic scarring.

Question 39

Where is the décolleté?

Answer 39

Lower neck and chest

Question 40

What type of products should not be used on the neck, as they may cause irritation?

Answer 40

Alpha hydroxy acids

Question 41

What can you do to maintain the results of your home care regimen and more effectively treat the signs of aging?

Answer 41

Get professional skin care treatments

Question 42

If your pregnant client does not have written permission from their medical provider, what treatments aren’t allowed?

Answer 42

No chemical peels, electrical treatment, treatments with aggressive cleansing

Question 43

If your client is allergic to aspirin, then you should not use products derived from ________.

Answer 43

Willow bark

Question 44

Which form discloses the client's health history, all products and medications, medical conditions, any known allergies or sensitivities, their at-home skin care program, and skin care treatments the client has recently received?

Answer 44

Service record chart

Question 45

What should be on the consent form?

Answer 45

Client's signature

Question 46

What is the best tool to analyze the skin?

Answer 46

Magnifying lamp/light