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UV Rays Flashcards

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What are the 3 types of UV rays?

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  1. U.V.C - anti bacterial, can cause blindness
  2. U.V.B - can cause skin cancer, burning ray
  3. U.V.A - causes photo aging, premature aging
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The risk for skin doubles if a person has had 5 or more sunburns? True or False

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True

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What are the 4 natural body protections against UV rays?

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  1. Hyperketeratosis
  2. Urocanical
  3. Melanocytes
  4. Sebum
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State 10 products may cause a photosensitive reaction?

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  1. Antibacterial Agents
  2. Antidepressants
  3. Insulin
  4. Estrogens & Progesterone
  5. Deodorants
  6. Perfumes
  7. Hair products
  8. Antihistamines
  9. Antiseptics
  10. Essential oils
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Give 6 examples of photosensitive reactions

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  1. Itching
  2. Inflammation
  3. Headaches
  4. Nausea
  5. Rashes
  6. Hives
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Define solar elastosis

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Collagen is decreased while the amount of elastin is increased and loses its elasticity.

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Describe Basil Cell Carcinoma

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Non life threatening, most common type of skin cancer

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Describe Malignant Melanoma

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Most serious type of skin cancer, can be life-threatening

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When does a delayed tan begin, reach its peak, and fade?

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Begins 10 hours after sun exposure, reaches peak in 4-10 days, and gradually fades, renewed in 30 days

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Describe Solar Comedones

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Years of sun damaged skin can develop large comedones, mostly on and around the eyelids on upper cheeks

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Describe Seborrheic Kertaosis

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Surface growths that look like scabs on the skin on the face and torso

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Describe Actinic Keratosis

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Feels slightly sharp to touch, pink but maybe be flesh-coloured, dry and scaly

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What are the 4 factors that make the risk for skin cancer higher?

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  1. Have light coloured skin, eyes, and hair
  2. Work, play, or exercise in the sun
  3. Had several bad sunburns in the past
  4. Family history of skin cancer
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How do you apply sunscreen properly?

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Coat your face and body, half hour before going outside
Use it liberally (a shot glass amount)
Reapply it often

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How does sunscreen and sunblock protect the skin from UV rays?

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Sunscreens protect against sunburns, skin cancer, and all forms of sun-induced damage to the skin.
Sunblocks reflect the widest range of UVA and UVB radiation.

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16
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Explain the affects of a sunburn

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Results in redness, pain, peeling, tightness, dryness, pigmentation, inflammation, and burning. Swelling and blistering takes place as the separation of upper epidermal layers from the lower ones. A sunburn is not the beginning of a tan.

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What is an early sign of UV damage?

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Hyper pigmentation

18
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Explain APF

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Antioxidant Protection Factor - protects against the sun and fights free-radical damage before it happens

19
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What is the cause of Polkiloderma of Civatte?

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Condition caused by actinic bronzing to the sides of the face and neck

20
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What would you tell your client that loves to tan but wants treatments for Melasma?

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Melasma is caused by sun damage, if treating for Melasma then continuing to tan the treatment will be non effective and come back.

21
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Sun exposure and the harmful effects are cumulative, the damage results from many UV exposures added up over time, causing the skin to appear ______ years older

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15-20 years older

22
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Define Mottling

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Form of speckled hyper pigmentation

23
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More than 90% of UV rays are able to penetrate a light cloud. True or false.

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True

24
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What happens when you let your skin dry in the sun?

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Loses the moisture in the skin causing severe dehydration and destruction of elastin fibers

25
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An individual with sensitive skin should use sunscreen or sunblock?

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Sunblock because sunscreen can be full of chemicals that can irritate sensitive skin

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