FULL Ch.11 Quiz: Hair Removal SCE202

Roughly how much money to Americans spend on hair removal?

The most common method of hair removal in salons is _________.

Salons make much of their money through _________.

The study of hair and its diseases is called _________.

On the average human body, there are roughly _________ pilosebaceous units capable of producing
hair.

What is the name for the mass of epidermal cells that forms a small tube or canal?

The part of the body that contains the hair follicle and its appendages is called the _________.

Which part of the pilosebaceous unit produces the hair matrix?

Hair is anchored to skin cells by the _________.

Cell division occurs in the part of the pilosebaceous unit known as the _________.

The part of the pilosebaceous unit most responsible for healthy-looking hair is the _________.

The part of the hair that is visible above the skin is known as the _________.

What is divided into three parts: the cuticle, the cortex and the medulla?

The waxy substance that lubricate the skin and hair is secreted by _________.

What is the soft and downy hair called that grows on a fetus?

The first stage of hair growth is known as _________.

What is the second, transitional stage of hair growth called?

The final stage of hair growth is called _________.

The longest anagen phase is found in _________.

What is true of hair during the catagen phase?

Between what two phases of hair growth might the appearance of two hairs in the same follicle
occur?

Hypertrichosis is never the result of _________.

What is the most common syndrome related to hair growth?

Hirsutism might be caused if a client is taking _________.

Which is NOT a method of epilation?

What process removes hair from the bottom of the follicle by breaking contact between the bulb and
the papilla?

What client would benefit the most from tweezing alone?

Pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB) is usually caused by _________.

The chemical substance spread on the skin to dissolve the hair at the surface of the skin is called a(n)
_________.

What is a widely accepted, professional, and efficient alternative for a client averse to waxing?

Of the following, the hair removal technique that presents the least risk of burning is _________.

What is the most common hair removal technique used by estheticians?

Estheticians can cut their service time in half by learning the technique known as speed _________.

What technique is categorized by the FDA and the AMA as permanent hair removal?

What two methods are combined in the hair removal method known as the blend?

Dermal papillae are destroyed during _________.

A client that would likely benefit the most from laser hair removal would be _________.

Removal strips are used in both _________.

Before the waxing process begins, _________ should be removed to prevent irritation.

Hard waxes should be applied with an applicator _________.

Hard waxes removed should be removed by an esthetician who _________.

Hard wax should be applied in a layer that _________.

Soft waxes are removed by an esthetician who _________.

Compared to when they use soft wax, estheticians who are using hard wax do not need to be as
concerned about _________.

Estheticians must use hard wax if they wish to perform _________.

Unlike hard wax, soft wax can be used in _________.

What is true of soft wax that is not true of hard wax?

Soft wax is best used on _________.

What client would NOT be a likely candidate for hard wax treatment?

A client release form should be signed _________.

The main purpose of a wax release form is _________.

Waxing should not be performed on any client who _________.

What would be safe for a client to do immediately after a waxing?

A waxing would be likely both successful and beneficial for _________.

Leg waxing is potentially dangerous if a client has _________.

A client who is in the earliest stages of a gender transition will most likely book a service which
involves _________.

What is true of tweezers used in a wax treatment room?

What item used in a wax treatment room does NOT need to be disinfected?

What is true of metal spatulas used in the wax treatment room?

The gloves used during waxing must NOT be _________.

Waxing can be very effective on _________.

The correct order of steps that follow putting on gloves when performing an eyebrow tweezing is
_________.

The glabella should be tweezed _________.

Where should wax first be applied with a small spatula, when performing an eyebrow waxing with
hard wax?

When is hard wax on the eyebrow ready to be removed?

What technique will produce the best results when performing an eyebrow waxing with soft wax?

What must an esthetician always do when performing an eyebrow waxing with soft wax?

Immediately after pretreatment for a lip wax, the esthetician must _________.

The last step in performing a lip waxing with hard wax is _________.

When performing a lip wax with soft wax, it is important to remember to cover _________.

What is the proper technique for waxing the chin?

When performing a chin wax, the correct order of steps is to_________.

What must the condition of the hair be before applying wax to the axilla?

Multiple applications of hard wax to the axilla must _________.

What does the application of either hard or soft wax to the axilla involve?

An aspect of applying soft wax to the axilla that does not generally pertain to hard waxing of the
same area is _________.

When waxing the arms with either hard or soft wax, begin with _________.

The correct order of steps when applying wax to the hand is to first _________.

Immediately after the client’s inner arm is waxed with soft wax, _________.

What is true of a second application of hard wax while the first is setting?

When performing a soft waxing of a man’s chest, the largest application should be no larger than
which size removal strip?

When applying either hard wax or soft wax to the chest, the last area to be waxed is _________.

Where is the starting point for waxing a client’s back?

The client sits up during a back waxing to have what part of his body waxed?

The area that may be waxed as part of a back waxing with soft wax but not with hard wax is
_________.

When performing an American bikini wax with hard wax, the wax strip application should be
_________.

When performing an American bikini wax with soft wax, the wax strip application should be
_________.

How should the client’s leg be positioned for the first application and removal of wax (either hard or
soft wax) when performing an American bikini wax?

When applying soft wax to a client’s leg, always begin with _________.

When applying soft wax to a client’s leg, the correct order of steps is _________.

Approximately how long will a half leg treatment take with soft wax?