overtreatment and treating dark skin chapters

overtreatment

treatment of the hair follicle beyond necessity

5 main variables which affect treatment

length of time current is applied

intensity of current

depth of insertion

needle diameter

moisture gradient

the shape or form that the heated area takes is known as a

heating pattern

if the current is applied for too long, the heating pattern will move very rapidly up the needle to the surface cause

whitening or blanching

the distance between the bottom of the hair root and the point at which the forceps grip the successfully epilates hair becomes the

depth gauge

too large a needle can break small ______ and create bleeding

capillaries

more moisture there is the more

intense the heating pattern and the more rapidly it will rise up the needle

the moisture gradient of a clients skin will vary according to

season of the year, diet, medication, menstrual cycle and at home care

most effective design for preventing surface overtreated with either high frequency current or the blend

tapered needle

____ needles were devoloped to prevent surface overtreatment

insulated bulbous needles

shaft of the needle is covered with ____ shealth which focuses the heat at the tip of the needle and keeps it from rising to the surface

teflon

infected pustules, bumps and ingrown hairs form in the beard is a condition called

pseudofolicutlitus barbae

infected pustules, bumps and ingrown hairs on the chest, sternum, abdomen or bikini lined are simply referred to as

pseudofolliculitis

PIH generally refers to

post inflammatory hyperpigmentation

an alternative to clients who are allergic to aloe vera

antioxidant cream

two types of keloids

Systemic kelodiosis and inflammatory keloidalis

Systemic keloidiosis

may form a scar no matter how minor the injury

inflammatory keloidisosis

will form in wounds associated with a prolonged inflammation phase

dermatosis papulosa nigra (DPN)

asymptomatic disease characterized by flat or elevated dark brown-black papular lesions of different sizes, often mistaken for moles, usually being near the eyes and progress to the face and neck

hypertrophic scars

exceed normal wound healing

perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens (PCAS) also known as dissecting cellulitis of the scalp

infected and inflamed pustules having a dark center, marble to walnut size and connected by tracts of clear or yellowish sterile fluid. scarring alopecia

*REFER TO DERMATOLOGIST

keloid folliculitis

should be treated by a DERMATOLOGIST

found in the nape of the neck or occipital region,

if not treated multiple hard pustular lesions and abscesses will progress to the crown and then to entire scalp. eventually no hair will grow in those area