HAIR REMOVAL REMOVING UNWANTED
HAIR IN ESTHETICS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT.
Temporary hair removal - ANSWER Procedures include shaving, the use of
chemical depilatories, tweezing and waxing.
Permanent hair removal - ANSWER Methods, such as electrolysis and laser hair
removal, require the use of electrical equipment and specialized training and
licensing.
Epilation - ANSWER The process of removing hair from the follicle.
Up to 100 follicles - ANSWER How many follicles can be in one square
centimeter of skin.
Hirsutism - ANSWER Typically affects women by causing dark hair to grow in
areas of the body where men usually grow more hair, such as the face, arms, legs
and back.
Hypertrichosis - ANSWER Which is genetically determind and can occur
anywhere on the body in both men and women. The production of androgen has
no influence on this hair growth.
Capilli - ANSWER Hair that grows on the scalp
, Barba - ANSWER Thick, coarse hair that grows on the face to form a beard.
cilia - ANSWER eyelash hair
supercillia - ANSWER eyebrow hair
Lanugo - ANSWER soft, downy hair on the body at birth.
vellus - ANSWER Thin, soft, unpigmented hair covering the body.
Terminal - ANSWER Thicker, pigmented hair that grows on areas of the body
after puberty.
Anagen - ANSWER First and longest hair growth phase. The hair actively grows.
Catagen - ANSWER shortest transitional hair growth phase. Hair begins to
destroy itself as it disconnects from the papilla.
Telogen - ANSWER Last phase of hair growth; the hair sheds and the follicle
rests and prepares to resume the anagen phase.
Anagen phase - ANSWER Waxing only destroys the hairs in the follicle if it is in
this phase.
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