Skin disorders and diseases

Aestheticians are allowed to diagnose or treat skin conditions if

It is not under our scope of practice and therefore cannot diagnose or treat skin conditions

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Is the branch of medical science that studies and treats the skin and it’s disorders and diseases?

Dermatology

________ Are structural changes in the tissue caused by damage or

Lesions

Lesions are categorized in how many branches

3- Primary, Secondary, Tertiary

What type of lesions involve the blood or circulatory system?

Tertiary

_____ Are characterized by flat nonpalpable, change in skin color or by elevations formed by fluid in a cavity such as vesicles or postures

Primary

What is the technical term for a flat spot or discoloration on the skin?

Macule

What is the technical term for a small elevation on the skin that contains no fluid but may develop plus

Papule

What type of skin lesions are characterized by piles of material on the skin surface such as a crust or scab or by depressions in the skin surface such as an ulcer

A secondary skin lesion

What is the technical term for an open lesion on the skin or mucous membrane of the body accompanied by loss of skin depth and possibly weeping of fluids or pus?

Ulcer

Skin cancer is found in how many Categories

3

What is the most common and least severe type of skin cancer, which often appears as a light pearly nodule

Basal cell carcinoma

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Characterized by scaly, red or pink, pulse or nodules also appear as open sores or crusty areas can grow and spread in the body

Squamous Cell carcinoma

Most serious form of skin cancer, as it can spread quickly black or dark patches on the skin are usually uneven in texture, jagged or raised melanomas may have surface crust or bleed

Malignant melanoma

Skin cancers When_____ Divide rapidly and unevenly

Cells

_____ percent increase of melanoma risk among those who use tanning beds in their teen years

75%

Benign means

Harmless

In the ABCDE checklist B stands for

Border

Acne is An inflammatory skin disorder of what gland

Sebaceous

An open comedo is also known as______ Head because it is exposed to oxygen a closed comedo is also known as as a_____ Head and is blocked with debris and white cells

Black, White

What type of acne is red and inflamed man comedones papules And pustules

Grade3

Which Could be acne triggers

genetics, Hormones, Stress

Rosacea Is considered a______ Lesion

Tertiary

Hyper pigmentation is A

Skin disorder that creates an over production of pigment

What technical term is defined as a loss of pigmentation leading to light abnormal patches of de pigmented skin

Leukoderma

What is the definition of folliculitis?

Inflammation of the hair follicle