E10 (Facial Devices) Flashcards
(55 cards)
Facial devices provide
optimal outcomes more readily
How should estheticians relate to emerging new technologies?
Educate themselves about their use and effectiveness
What is the likely result from an esthetician’s investment in high quality machines?
There will be a return on that investment.
What is the use of electrical devices for therapeutic benefit called?
Electrotherapy
A client who would benefit most from electrotherapy would be
a retired woman who has spent her entire life in a tropical climate
An example of someone who should not receive electrotherapy is
a pregnant client
The type of skin that contraindicates electrotherapy is
broken skin
Electrotherapy should never be used on a client that has
epilepsy
How long are most electrotherapy machines used during a facial treatment?
5 to 10 minutes
hot cabbies are used to heat
towels
What is true of UV lamps in towel warmers?
They are not effective for disinfectant
What do hot towels help with?
Softening the skin before extractions
The temperature of a hot towel should be tested
on the wrist
Esttheticians are protected from blood borne illness by the use of
gloves
Hot towels are most effective in
the removal of masks
another word for a loop is
a magnifying lamp
What does a diopter measure
magnification
What magnification is equivalent to five diopter?
50x
The magnifying lamp should be used
during extractions
The most common part of the magnifying lamp to wear out over time is
the adjustment arm
What is the standard magnifying lamp used by estheticians
5 diopters
When buying a magnifying lamp, an esthetician might have second thoughts about purchasing
a lamp with a lens that distorts around the edges
A light source in a wood’s light comes from
a filtered black light
What skin would appear blue white under a wood’s lamp?
healthy
