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A comprehensive set of 50 multiple-choice questions and answers covering various aspects of hair removal techniques, including waxing, sugaring, threading, electrolysis, and laser hair removal. It provides a valuable resource for students and professionals in the beauty and cosmetology industry, offering a comprehensive overview of hair removal methods and their associated terminology.
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How many stages of hair growth are there? - ✔✔Three What type of wax products is available in blocks, discs, pellets, or beads, and sis considered a non-strip was? - ✔✔Hard wax What anchors that hair to the skin cells is part of the hair located at the bottom of the follicle below the surface of skin? - ✔✔Hair root What method of hair removal is also known as banding? - ✔✔Threading What term refers to the photoepilation hair-reduction treatment in which a laser beam is pulsed on the skin using one wavelength at a time, impairing hair growth? - ✔✔Laser hair removal What fiber-like material that does not shed or stretch is used for making wax strips? - ✔✔Pellon What is the average hair growth on the scalp per month? - ✔✔One-half inch What is the cone-shaped elevation at the base of the follicle that fits into the bulb? - ✔✔Hair papilla What is depilation? - ✔✔Removing hair at skin level.
What is considered the only true method of permanent hair removal? - ✔✔Electrolysis What is hypertrichosis? - ✔✔Excessive hair growth where hair does not normally grow. What is the final hair-growth phase? - ✔✔Telogen What is the general term for hair-reduction methods using lasers and intense pulsed light (IPL)? - ✔✔Photoepilation What is the first stage of hair growth, during which new hair is produced? - ✔✔Anagen What is the method of sugaring in which the product is applied with the hair growth (as with soft wax) and removed against the hair growth? - ✔✔Spatula method What is epilation? - ✔✔Removing hairs from the follicles. What is the swelling at the base of the follicle that provides the hair with nourishment? - ✔✔Hair bulb. What is the hair unit that contains the hair follicle and appendages: the hair root, bulb, dermal papilla, sebaceous appendage, and arrector pili muscle? - ✔✔Pilosebaceous unit When does the body naturally switch from producing vellus hairs to terminal hairs? - ✔✔Puberty
What is the method of electrolysis that uses direct current, which causes chemical decomposition of the hair follicle? - ✔✔Galvanic electrolysis Why is threading more sanitary than waxing? - ✔✔Each thread is discarded after use. What is the term for very fine, soft, downy hair? - ✔✔Vellus hair Why do many facilities have clients read, update, and sign their release form on every visit? - ✔✔Many changes can occur between client visits. What is photoepilation hair-reduction method using flashes of light and different wavelengths? - ✔✔Intense pulsed light. How can one correct the problem of infected follicles or ingrown hairs from shaving? - ✔✔Changing the direction of shaving. What is the appendage of the hair follicle that, when it contracts, causes goose bumps? - ✔✔Arrector pili muscle What is the acronym you can use to remember the hair growth stage sequence? - ✔✔ACT What is barbae folliculitis? - ✔✔Infected inflammation of the hair follicle.
What is a temporary method of hair removal that is a daily ritual for most men and women, and that can also irritate the skin? - ✔✔Shaving What is the term for growth of an unusual amount of hair on parts of the body normally bearing only downy hair? - ✔✔Hirsutism What is a mass of epidermal cells forming a small tube or canal? - ✔✔Hair follicle What is the term for the unofficial phase of hair growth that follows the telogen stage? - ✔✔Latent phase How are electrolysis procedures performed? - ✔✔By inserting needles into follicles. What is the term for the hair on a fetus? - ✔✔Lanugo What is the method of sugaring in which the product is applied against the hair growth and removed in the direction of the hair growth using thicker application? - ✔✔Hand method What is NOT a contraindication for waxing procedures? - ✔✔Oily skin What type of tweezers are best for general tweezing? - ✔✔Slant-tipped. Why do many estheticians prefer to use the roll-on wax method? - ✔✔It can be less messy and more efficient than other methods.