Facials Chapter 23 Flashcards

______ is a very important part of the facial treatment because it determines what type of skin the client has, the condition of skin, and what type of treatment the skin needs.

The opportunity to ask a client questions about his or her health and skin care history and to advise the client about appropriate home care products and treatments occurs during the _________

Before beginning the analysis, what must the client fill out?

__________ is a condition that requires avoiding certain treatments, procedures, or products to prevent undesirable side effects.

Last week, your client just stopped taking the drug isotretinoin for cystic acne. Today, she wants an exfoliation treatment you should:

List the main contraindications.

You may perform a facial on a client who has a fever blister, as long as you avoid the lip area.

What additional information can you obtain when the client completes the client intake form that then can be transcribed onto the service record card?

Why should client intake forms be kept separate and secured?

Clients with combination dry skin may have this condition.

Why should you remove your rings or bracelets when performing a facial on a client?

Skin that does not have visible pores would be considered _____.

Why is acne considered a skin type?

________ is a disorder in which the hair follicles become clogged, resulting in infection of the follicle with redness and inflammation.

What are the two typical causes of hyperpigmentation of the skin?

Treatments that _____ and _____ improve the appearance of aging skin.

_____ are designed to clean the surface of the skin and remove make-up.

What are the two types of cleansers?

Also known as fresheners or astringents, what are lotions that rebalance the pH and remove remnants of cleansers from the skin?

Toners may contain ingredients that help to:

Fresheners and astringents are usually stronger products with higher alcohol content, and are used to treat ______.

How are toning products applied?

What do exfoliants do?

What are the benefits of using exfoliants?

Cosmetologists may use products that remove dead surface cells from the ______.

List the two basic types of exfoliants.

This exfoliant works by physically removing dead cell buildup.

How do chemical exfoliants work?

Popular exfoliating chemicals are ______.

Salon alpha hydroxy acid exfoliants are often referred to as:

Salon alpha hydroxy acids contain larger concentrations of AHA, usually around ______ percent.

What are two precautions that must be taken before giving a client an AHA treatment?

_______ or another type of chemical exfoliant are known as enzymes or proteins dissolving agents.

How does an enzyme peel work?

What are the two basic types of keratolytic enzyme peels?

_______ are products that help increase the moisture content of the skin surface.

Moisturizers are mixtures of ______ also known as hydrators, which are ingredients that attract water and emollients.

What is an emollient?

Moisturizers that are most often in lotion form and generally contain smaller amounts of emollient are for _____?

Moisturizers that are often in the form of a heavier cream and contain more emollients are needed by ____

What is the most important habit to benefit the skin?

A sun protection factor measures how long a person can be exposed to the sun without ____.

An _______ or higher is considered to be adequate strength for daily use.

_____ are concentrated products that generally contain higher concentrations of ingredients designed to penetrate the skin and treat various skin conditions.

Lubricants used to make the skin slippery during massage are called____.

What is the trend in treatment products for massage?

____ are concentrated treatment products used to cleanse, exfoliate, tighten, tone, hydrate, and nourish the skin.

Contain oils, emollients, and humectants; used to moisturize dry skin.

Contain paraffin and are melted at a little more than body temperature before application, hardening to a candle-like consistency.

Contain special crystals of gypsum.

Oil absorbing cleansing masks that have an exfoliating and astringent effect on oily and combination skin.

Used for sensitive or dehydrated skin.

Often seaweed based.

Generally applies underneath alginate masks.

The thin, open-meshed fabric of loosely woven cotton that is used to hold the mask on the face is called

What is the purpose of gauze?

_______ is sometimes used instead of gauze.

_____ is the manual or mechanical manipulation of the body by rubbing, gently pinching, kneading, tapping, and other movements.

What is the purpose of massage?

Why do cosmetologists perform massage?

To master massage technique, you just have a basic knowledge of ____.

A cosmetologist should only massage what portions of the body?

Keep hands soft by using _______ and file and shape nails to avoid _____ your client.

The impact of a massage treatment depends on:

The direction of movement is always from the _____ of the muscle towards its _____.

Which portion of the muscle is the more movable attachment, meaning it is attached to another muscle or a movable bone or joint?

Which portion of the muscle is the fixed attachment, meaning it is attached to an immovable section of the skeleton?

What could result if the muscle is massaged in the wrong direction?

Every muscle has a _____, which is a point in the skin over the muscle where pressure or stimulation will cause contraction of that muscle.

Once you have started facial manipulation, do not ___ your hands from the client's face until you are done with the service.

What is an additional consideration required when massaging a male client's face?

Facial machines will help to:

A facial ______ heats and produces a stream of warm steam that can be focused on the client's face or other areas of the skin.

Steaming the skin helps to ______, making it more accepting of moisturizers and other treatment products.

When is steam usually administered?

What may also be used for a steam treatment if a steamer is not available?

A rotating electric appliance with interchangeable brushes that can be attached to the rotating head is called a _____

Brushing is a form of _____ and is usually administered after or during steam.

What does brushing do?

Brushing should never be used on clients using _____ or on clients who have _______.

The skin suction and cold spray machine should only be used on skin that is:

The skin suction and cold spray machine is used to ______ and apply jet-spray lotions and toners onto the skin.

Galvanic and high-frequency treatments are types of ______, which is the use of electrical currents to treat the skin.

An ______ is an applicator for directing electrical currents from the machine to the client's skin.

_______ machines have 1 electrode and _____ have 2.

The process of softening and emulsifying hardened sebum stuck in the follicles is called:

The process that uses galvanic current to enable water-double products that contain ions to penetrate the skin.

It is critical to always apply the passive electrode in the ______ of the client's body to avoid having the current flow through the client's heart.

A type of galvanic treatment using a very low level of electrical current that has many applications in skin care is _____

______ current is used to stimulate blood flow and help products penetrate the skin.

Electrodes for high-frequency machines are made of _____

How many electrodes do high-frequency machines require?

How can you prevent burns to a client during the use of galvanic current treatments?

What techniques are used to apply high-frequency?

Traditionally, _____ have been used to heat the skin and increase blood flow.

What is a popular type of light therapy?

What does the LED treatment do?

What is the cosmetic use of LED light therapy?

A client who has a _____ disorder should not receive LED treatments.

A type of mechanical exfoliation that uses a vacuum to shoot crystals into the skin, bumping off cell buildup that is then vacuumed by suction, is known as _____