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Milady Cosmetology Chapter 10 Exam
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Healthy Nail - answer✔Firm, but flexible, shinny, smooth and unspotted with no navy ridges, pits or
splits. It is also whitish and translucent with a pinkish color of the nail bed showing through.
What could your race do to your nail color? - answer✔May make it more yellowish.
Nail Disorder - answer✔A condition caused by injury or disease of the nail unit.
If a client has a skin or nail infection what should you see and do? - answer✔Inflamed, broken, or
swollen. It should not receive services instead you should refer to a physician to determined the type of
treatment that is required.
Bruised Nails - answer✔A condition in which a blood clot forms under the nail plate, causing a dark
purplish spot. These discolorations are usually due to small injuries to the nail bed.
Eggshell Nails - answer✔Noticeably thin, white nail plates that are more flexible then normal. Normally
weaker and can curve over the free edge.
How could eggshell nails be caused? - answer✔Improper diet, hereditary factors, internal disease, or
medications. When giving a manicure be careful because these kind of nails can break easily.
Beau's Lines - answer✔Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate. They
usually result from major illness or injury that has traumatized the body, such as pneumonia, adverse
drug reaction, surgery, heart failure, massive injury or a long lasting high fever.
Why does Beau's Lines occur? - answer✔Matrix slows down in producing nail cells for an extended
period of time, say a week or a month. This causes the nail plate to grow thinner for a period of time.
Hangnail (Agnail) - answer✔A condition in which the living skin around the nail plate splits and tears. Dry
skin or small cuts can result in hangnails.
What is a treatment of Hangnails (Agnail)? - answer✔Proper nail care, such as hot oil manicures, will aid
in correcting the condition. Also, never cut the living skin around the natural nail plate, even if it is dry
and rough looking.
How do you remove hangnails? - answer✔Carefully trimming, as long as the living skin is not cut or torn
in the process.
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What is against state board regulations? - answer✔Intentionally cutting or tearing the clients skin and
can lead to serious infections for which you and the salon may be legally liable.
What are signs of infection? - answer✔Redness, pain, swelling or pus.
Leukonychia Spots - answer✔Also known as white spots, whitish discoloration of the nails, usually
caused by minor injury to the nail matrix.
Melanonychia - answer✔Darkening of the fingernails or toenails. It may be seen as a black band within
the nail plate, extending from the base to the free edge.
Discolored nails - answer✔Nails that turn a variety of colors, which may indicate surface staining, a
systemic disorder, or poor blood circulation. Could be caused by nail polish, smoking and food dyes.
What is internal discoloration due too? - answer✔Biological, medical or even pharmaceutical reasons.
Onychophagy - answer✔Also known as bitten nails, is the result of a habit of chewing the nail or the
hardened, damaged skin surrounding the nail plate.
Onychorrhexis - answer✔Also known as split nails or brittle nails, that have a series of lengthwise ridges
giving a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate. This is caused by injury to the matrix,
excessive use of cuticle removers, harsh cleaning agents, aggressive filing techniques, or heredity.
When should nail enhancements never be applied? - answer✔If the nail bed is exposed.
What does onychorrhexis lack of? And how can you treat it? - answer✔Lack sufficient moisture, so
twice-daily treatments with a high quality, penetrating nail oil can be very beneficial.
Plicatured Nail - answer✔Also known as folded nail, is a type of highly curved nail plate usually caused
by injury to the matrix, but it may be inherited. This condition often leads to ingrown nails.
Nail Pterygium - answer✔An abnormal condition that occurs when the skin is stretched by the nail plate.
Caused by serious injury such as burns, or an adverse skin reaction to chemical nail enhancement
products.
What is wrong with the words cuticle and pterygium? - answer✔Do not designate the same thing, and
they should never be used interchangeably.
How is Nail Pterygium caused? - answer✔Abnormal and damage to the eponuchium or hyponychium.
What shouldn't you do to a Nail Pterygium? - answer✔Do not treat the nail, or push back the extension
of skin back with an instrument. Doing this will cause more damage to the tissues and will make the
condition worse.
What treatment should you do for a Nail Pterygium? - answer✔The gentle massage of conditioning oils
or creams into the affected area may be beneficial.
