The surface of healthy skin is slightly _____.

What is a fibrous protein that is the principal component of hair and nails?

The outermost layer of the dermis is the _____ layer.

What layer of the dermis houses the nerve endings that provide the body with the sense of touch?

What is a fibrous protein that gives skin form and strength?

The fibrous protein that gives skin its flexibility and helps skin regain its shape after being expanded is _____.

What is a small, round elevation on the skin that contains no fluid but may develop pus?

Vitamin _____ may help improve the skin’s elasticity and thickness.

Vitamin _____ promotes the production of collagen.

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Which vitamin enables the body to properly absorb and use calcium?

A freckle is an example of a mark on the skin known as a _____.

For which of the following skin lesions should the cosmetologist refer the client to his or her physician?

Inflammation of the sebaceous glands characterized by redness, dry or oily scaling, crusting, and/or itchiness is called _____.

Distended or dilated surface blood vessels are called _____.

A noncontagious skin disease characterized by red patches covered with silver-white scales found on the scalp elbows, knees, chest and lower back is _____.

Hypertrophy of the papillae and epidermis is a _____.

What type of skin cancer is often characterized by scaly red papules or nodules?

The two types of contact dermatitis are _____.

A hair removal service should not be performed on clients taking a medication containing _____.

Facial waxing should not be performed on clients with which condition?

To prevent contact with any possible bloodborne pathogens during a hair removal treatment, use _____.

What term describes a condition that requires avoiding certain treatments, procedures, or products to prevent undesirable effects?

The difference between open and closed comedones is the size of the follicle opening, called the _____.

____ is considered a skin type because the tendency to develop this condition is hereditary.

Acne bacteria cannot survive in the presence of oxygen, and therefore, are _____.

Which term describes rosacea conditions with dilated surface blood vessels?

Which term describes rosacea conditions with areas of skin with distended capillaries and diffuse redness?

_____ are non-foaming, lotion cleansers designed to cleanse dry and sensitive skin types and to remove makeup.

_____ contain(s) chemicals that loosen or dissolve dead cell buildup, can work in a relatively short time, or be combined in a moisturizer for longer effects.

Exfoliants that dissolve the bonds and intercellular cement between cells are _____.

Oil-absorbing masks that have an exfoliating and astringent effect, making large pores appear smaller, are _____.

The direction of movement in massage should always be from insertion of the muscle toward its _____.

Every massage should begin and end with which movement?

An applicator used to direct electric current from a machine to the client’s skin is a(n) _____.

What is the process of softening and emulsifying hardened sebum that is stuck in the hair follicles?

The process of using galvanic current to enable water-soluble products that contain ions to penetrate the skin is ____.

What is a mechanical exfoliation that uses a closed vacuum to shoot crystals onto the skin?

Liquid and cream forms of foundation are a mixture of water and oil with coloring agents called _____.

The metal ring that keeps the bristles and handle of a brush together is the _____.

When applying mascara to a client, use a mascara wand that is _____.

When can lip color be applied directly from the container?

A jaw that is wider than the forehead characterizes the _____.

The ideal eyebrow shape can be drawn in _____.

Makeup should be blended onto the skin using _____.