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| 14521770725 | Accelerated hydrogen peroxide | Non toxic to skin, change every 14 days | 0 | |
| 14521770726 | Advanced exfoliation | Removing epidermal skin cells thru manual, mechanical, or chemical means. Dermaplaning, microdermabrasion, chemical/enzyme exfoliation | 1 | |
| 14521770727 | advanced treatments | Using electrical energy: light therapy, galvanic current, microcurrent, high frequency, radio frequency, sound waves, lymphatic drainage, advanced extractions | 2 | |
| 14521770728 | Advanced extraction | Performed with needles or lancets | 3 | |
| 14521770729 | Anaphoresis | Negative electrode and alkaline pH | 4 | |
| 14521770730 | Anode | Positively charged electrode by which electrons leave the device | 5 | |
| 14521770731 | Autoclave | Piece of equipment used to sterilize articles by way of steam under pressure and/or dry heat | 6 | |
| 14521770732 | Pitta | Fire and water | 7 | |
| 14521770733 | Vatta | Air and ether | 8 | |
| 14521770734 | Kapha | Water and earth | 9 | |
| 14521770735 | bleach | 5% sodium hypochlorite, dilute to 1% solution | 10 | |
| 14521770736 | Botox | neurotoxin injected into muscles of the face to prevent the muscles from contracting and causing wrinkles | 11 | |
| 14521770737 | Cataphoresis | Positive iontophoresis, uses positive electrode and acid pH | 12 | |
| 14521770738 | Cathode | Negative charged electrode | 13 | |
| 14521770739 | Cavitaion | Non invasive ultrasound waves gliding over water medium on skin, penetrate skin to create bubbles next to fat cells. Deep cleansing and exfoliation of epidermis. Deeper treatment disrupts fat cells in cellulite treatment | 14 | |
| 14521770740 | Cellulite reduction | Break up fat cells caught between elastin and collagen fibers | 15 | |
| 14521770741 | Microcurrent | Low voltage electrical current which mirrors body's biocurrent. Repairs damage skin, stimulate elastin and collagen fibroblasts | 16 | |
| 14521770742 | Light peels | Epidermis only, non invasive and non aggressive | 17 | |
| 14521770743 | liposuction | Surgically remove pockets of fat via suction | 18 | |
| 14521770744 | Microdermabrasion | Mechanical exfoliation that involves shooting aluminum oxide or other crystals at the skin with a hand-held device that exfoliates dead cells. | 19 | |
| 14521770745 | Reiki | a Japanese technique in which the practitioner transfers healing energy to the patient by means of visualization or gentle touch | 20 | |
| 14521770746 | Sinusodial current | High frequency, smooth repetitive alternating currents | 21 | |
| 14521770747 | HBV | Blood borne pathogen causes liver disease and eventually death. Vaccination available | 22 | |
| 14521770748 | HIV | Immunodeficiency virus transmitted by blood, semen, vaginal fluid, breastmilk. | 23 | |
| 14521770749 | Hep C | Liver disease, only by blood, no vaccine | 24 | |
| 14521770750 | Skin sensitizing meds | Blood thinners, wound healing, acne meds, photo sensitizing agents | 25 | |
| 14521770751 | Glogan scale | Evaluates photodamage (sun) based on wrinkling categorized by age | 26 | |
| 14521770752 | Glogan 1 | Mild, no wrinkles, 28-35 | 27 | |
| 14521770753 | Glogan 2 | Moderate, wrinkles while face is in motion, 35-50 | 28 | |
| 14521770754 | Glogan 3 | Advanced, wrinkle at rest, 50-65 | 29 | |
| 14521770755 | Glogan 4 | Severe, 60+, wrinkles throughout | 30 | |
| 14521770756 | Fitzpatrick scale | Scale used to measure the skin type's ability to tolerate sun exposure. | 31 | |
| 14521770757 | Fitzpatrick 1 | White (always burns/never tans), blonde/redhead, green eyes, Irish/Scottish | 32 | |
| 14521770758 | Fitzpatrick 2 | White (usually burns/difficult tan), blonde, green/blue/hazel, Eastern European | 33 | |
| 14521770759 | Fitzpatrick 3 | White? (Sometimes burns/ok tan), blonde/brown, blue/brown eyes, Western European or asian | 34 | |
| 14521770760 | Fitzpatrick 4 | Olive (rarely burns/easy tan), brown hair, brown eyes, latinx, middle eastern, Hispanic | 35 | |
| 14521770761 | Fitzpatrick 5 | Brown (very rarely burns/very easy tan), brown/black hair, brown eyes, east/west indian | 36 | |
| 14521770762 | Fitzpatrick 6 | Black (almost never burns/always tans), black hair, black/brown eyes, African | 37 | |
| 14521770763 | Woods lamp- white spots | Dead skin cells | 38 | |
| 14521770764 | Woods lamp: white | Thick corneum | 39 | |
| 14521770765 | Woods lamp: purple | Dehydration | 40 | |
| 14521770766 | Woods lamp: orange, yellow, pink | Excess sebum | 41 | |
| 14521770767 | Woods lamp: brown/purple | Hyperpigmentation | 42 | |
| 14521770768 | Wood's Lamp - Blue/white | Normal | 43 | |
| 14521770769 | Sebaceous hyperplasia | Enlarged sebaceous gland, common on forehead and cheeks. Yellowish with depression in the middle (think donut) | 44 | |
| 14521770770 | Syringoma | Small Papules, harmless swear duct tumors, commonly mistaken for milia | 45 | |
| 14521770771 | Xanthelasma | Soft yellow bumps, found around eyes, often from lipid disorder | 46 | |
| 14521770772 | port-wine stain | Present at birth, vascular formation of dermal blood cells | 47 | |
| 14521770773 | venous lake | blue-purple dilation of venules and capillaries in a star-shaped, linear, or flaring pattern | 48 | |
| 14521770774 | cherry angioma | a small, round, bright red blood vessel tumor on the skin, often on the trunk of the elderly | 49 | |
| 14521770775 | Pityrosporum folliculitis | Found on back and upper arms, looks like bacterial folliculitis | 50 | |
| 14522478813 | Acne simplex | Grades 1 and 2 | 51 | |
| 14522478814 | Acne simplex causes | Dehydrated epidermis, improper product use, lack of circulation, slow cellular turnover, overproduction of sebum | 52 | |
| 14522478815 | Acne simplex treatments | Facial with extractions, AHA (dry skin), BHA (oily skin), microdermabrasion, dermaplaning, oxygen facial treatment | 53 | |
| 14522478816 | Ingredients to help acne simplex | Salicylic acid, glycolic acid, lactic acid, papaya enzyme, retinol, hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, microexfoliants | 54 | |
| 14522478817 | acne vulgaris | Grades 3 and 4 | 55 | |
| 14522478818 | Acne vulgaris causes | Hormone fluctuation, overstimulation of the skin, medical conditions, medications, occlusion and pressure, accumulated bacteria | 56 | |
| 14522478819 | Acne vulgaris treatmenents | Calming facial w/ no extractions, Jessner peel (oily skin), TCA peel (dry skin), laser/light therapy, blue LED therapy, acne meds | 57 | |
| 14522478820 | Ingredients to help acne vulgaris | Benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid, lactic acid, sulfur, tee tree oil, green tea, azelaic acid | 58 | |
| 14522478821 | Rosacea | Vascular disorder of skin characterized by flushing, erythema, and telangiectasia | 59 | |
| 14522478822 | Stage 1 Rosacea | Flushing lasting longer than 10 mins, burning and stinging | 60 | |
| 14522478823 | Stage 2 Rosacea | Red central portion of face w/ small papules and pinpoint pustules, inflammation may lead to edema and fibrous changes in skin, large pores and rough texture | 61 | |
| 14522478824 | stage 3 rosacea | Skin thickening and irregular surface nodularities: rhinophyma(nose), gnathophyma(chin), metophyma(forehead), seen on middle aged men | 62 | |
| 14522478825 | Stage 4 Rosacea | Red watery swollen eyes and characteristics of other stages | 63 | |
| 14522478826 | Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) | Excess sugar triggers this and causes fibers, collagen, and elastin to stiffen leading to aging | 64 | |
| 14522478827 | AGEs treatments | Regular exercise, low glycemic food, antioxidant supplements. Topical: green tea, resveratrol , retinol, blueberry extract, bakchiol, gota kula | 65 | |
| 14522478828 | Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) | a group of extremely reactive peroxides and oxygen-containing radicals that may contribute to cellular damage | 66 | |
| 14522478829 | ROS treatment | Reduce sun exposure, smoking, alcohol, stress. Topical: vitamin C and E, sunscreen, polyphenols, uric acid | 67 | |
| 14522478830 | MMPs (matrix metalloproteinases) | Enzymes that breakdown damaged proteins, if not controlled they can damage healthy collagen and elastin | 68 | |
| 14522478831 | Glycolic acid | the strongest alpha hydroxy acid and is derived from sugar cane. | 69 | |
| 14522478832 | lactic acid | Strong aha derived from milk | 70 | |
| 14522478833 | malic acid | Aha derived from apples | 71 | |
| 14522478834 | tartaric acid | Aha derived from grapes | 72 | |
| 14522478835 | Mandelic acid | Aha derived from bitter almonds | 73 | |
| 14522478836 | citric acid | Aha derived from citrus fruit | 74 | |
| 14522478837 | Frosting/blanching | Common with salicylic acid, whitening of skin | 75 | |
| 14522478838 | Jessner's peel | 14% Salicylic, 14% Lactic, 14% resorcinol in an alcohol base. Used for combo/oily skin w/ photo damage, self neutralizing. 1-3 coats | 76 | |
| 14522478839 | TCA peel | Synthetic acid, esthetician's use 7%-12% concentration | 77 | |
| 14522478840 | Microdermabrasion | Uses aluminum oxide crystals, sodium bicarbonate salts, or diamond tip as method of exfoliation. Dead skin and detached crystals are suctioned | 78 | |
| 14522478841 | Dermaplaning | No. 10 blade at 45 degree angle | 79 | |
| 14522478842 | Microneedling (collagen induction therapy) | Controlled wound response to improve skin, 3-6 treatments 4-6 weeks apart | 80 | |
| 14522478843 | Microneedeling depth and gauge | Esthetician's use needle depth at 0.3 or less and gauge 30-34 | 81 | |
| 14522478844 | Inflammatory stage | Four days after, causes platelet release to clot blood, immune cells fight potential bacteria, antioxidant and sun protection is vital | 82 | |
| 14522478845 | proliferative phase | Forty two days after, growth factors are released from fibroblasts, keratinocytes, monocytes. stem cells, peptides, and growth factors can be introduced | 83 | |
| 14522478846 | remodeling phase | Two years after, collagen 3 (young) turns to collagen 1 (tough and long lasting) | 84 | |
| 14522478847 | whole blood | 55% plasma, 41% red blood cells, 4% white blood cells and platelets | 85 | |
| 14522478848 | ANSI laser 1 | No damaging radiation under normal conditions | 86 | |
| 14522478849 | ANSI laser 1M | Not known to cause damage unless optical aids are used | 87 | |
| 14522478850 | ANSI laser 2 | Low power laser safe to use due to human aversion response, wear protective eyewear | 88 | |
| 14522478851 | ANSI laser 2M | Not known to be hazardous unless viewed with optical aid | 89 | |
| 14522478852 | ANSI laser 3R | Low power laser that needs control measures: eyewear and no direct, specular reflection | 90 | |
| 14522478853 | ANSI laser 3B | Medium power laser which are dangerous aimed at eyes, eye protection required, no fire hazard | 91 | |
| 14522478854 | ANSI laser 4 | High power laser, direct, specular, diffuse reflection can all produce hazard to eye and skin, fire hazard | 92 | |
| 14522478855 | LASER stands for | light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation | 93 | |
| 14522478856 | Wavelength frequency big to small | Radio Microwave Infrared Visible UV X-ray Gamma | 94 | |
| 14522478857 | Argon blue/green | 488-514nm targets blood and melanin | 95 | |
| 14522478858 | KTP green | 532nm targets blood and melanin | 96 | |
| 14522478859 | pulsed dye yellow | 577-585nm targets blood | 97 | |
| 14522478860 | Ruby red | 694nm targets melanin | 98 | |
| 14522478861 | Alexandrite deep red | 755 nm targets blood and melanin | 99 | |
| 14522478862 | Diode near infrared | 800-900nm targets blood and melanin | 100 | |
| 14522478863 | ND:YAG near infrared | 1064-1320nm targets blood and melanin | 101 | |
| 14522478864 | erbium:YAG mid infrared | 2940nm targets water | 102 | |
| 14522478865 | CO2 far infrared | 10600nm targets water | 103 | |
| 14522478866 | Thermal relaxation time | how long it takes the target chromophore to lose 50% of the heat it absorbs | 104 | |
| 14522478867 | Joule | Measure of energy emitted | 105 | |
| 14522478868 | Fluence | Energy delivered per cm squared | 106 | |
| 14522478869 | Pulse width/pulse duration | Measure of time specified to deliver energy, commonly measure in ms | 107 | |
| 14522478870 | Spot size | Radius of beam | 108 | |
| 14522478871 | Photo-thermal | Light to heat up and destroy target | 109 | |
| 14522478872 | Photo-chemical | Light to activate chemical and destroy target | 110 | |
| 14522478873 | Photo-mechanical | Light to breakdown target | 111 | |
| 14522478874 | Non-Ablative Lasers | Penetrate the epidermis, usually without affecting it, to treat the papillary dermis below | 112 | |
| 14522478875 | IPL (intense pulsed light) | Targets multiple wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum, cannot be in phase | 113 | |
| 14522478876 | Tissue interactions with light | Absorption, reflection, scattering, transmission | 114 | |
| 14522478877 | Ablative lasers | Remove the affected portion of the epidermis to heat the papillary dermis, which regenerates collagen | 115 | |
| 14522478878 | CO2 laser | Strong as **** | 116 | |
| 14522478879 | LED | Used for skin rejuvenation | 117 | |
| 14522478880 | Infrared LED Light | Detox, reduce pain, increase circulation | 118 | |
| 14522478881 | Amber LED | Muscles, healing, collagen, elastin | 119 | |
| 14522478882 | Blue LED Light | Reduces acne, & reduces bacteria. | 120 | |
| 14522478883 | Green LED Light | Reduces hyperpigmentation, reduces redness, calms & soothes. | 121 | |
| 14522478884 | Red LED Light | Increases circulation, improves collagen & elastin production, stimulates wound healing. | 122 | |
| 14522478885 | radio frequency | Heat dermis and stimulate collagen 104-115 degree | 123 | |
| 14522478886 | Ultrasound | Sound waves with frequencies above 20,000 Hz. Skin tightening and firming | 124 | |
| 14522478887 | Microcurrent | An extremely low level of electricity that mirrors the body's natural electrical impulses. | 125 | |
| 14522478888 | Tretinoin (Retin-A) | Acne and anti aging | 126 | |
| 14522478889 | Retinol (Vitamin A) | Less side effects than retin-a | 127 | |
| 14522478890 | retinyl palmitate | Artificially stablized form of vitamin A | 128 | |
| 14522478891 | Tazarotene | Used for psoriasis and acne, vitamin A derivative | 129 | |
| 14522478892 | Adalpene | Acne and keratosis pilaris | 130 | |
| 14522478893 | AHA | water soluble substances that exfoliate | 131 | |
| 14522478894 | BHA | lipid soluble exfoliants for oily/acne skin | 132 | |
| 14522478895 | LHA | Lipid soluble, anti bacterial, anti inflammatory, good for acne | 133 | |
| 14522478896 | PHA | as effective as aha w/ less irritation and more moisturizer | 134 | |
| 14522478897 | gluconolactone | PHA, antioxidant, anti inflammatory, acne and rosacea | 135 | |
| 14522478898 | Caffine | Increase effectiveness of sunscreen by fighting UV induced free radicals | 136 | |
| 14522478899 | Aminogluanadine | Fight advanced glycation end products | 137 | |
| 14522478900 | Ferulic acid | When used w/ 15% vitamin C and 1% vitamin E doubles as photo protection, protects oxidative stress | 138 | |
| 14522478901 | Alpha Lipoic Acid | Lipid and water soluble antioxidant, repair protein damage | 139 | |
| 14522478902 | Ubiquinone (coenzyme Q) | Lipid soluble antioxidant protects against intrinsic/extrinsic aging, increase cellular energy | 140 | |
| 14522478903 | Idbenone | Repair photo damage | 141 | |
| 14522478904 | Vitamin C | Antioxidant protection, protects against UV damage | 142 | |
| 14522478905 | L-absorbic acid | Water soluble form of vitamin C, 10% or less concentration and pH below 3.5, skin lightening, strengthen collagen fiber | 143 | |
| 14522478906 | L-ascorbyl palmitate | Less potent more stable than L-absorbate | 144 | |
| 14522478907 | Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate | Stable and potent vitamin C and skin lightening | 145 | |
| 14522478908 | Resveratrol | Found in grape skin, controls inflammation and prevents breakdown of proteins | 146 | |
| 14522478909 | Silymarin Milk Thistle | Stimulates protein synthesis, protects DNA from radiation, reduces toxins in cells | 147 | |
| 14522478910 | D-Boldine | Boldo tree in Chile, anti inflammatory and prevents peroxidation | 148 | |
| 14522478911 | L-arginine | Found in almonds, leafy green, walnuts, wound repair | 149 | |
| 14522478912 | L-cysteine | Liver and pumpkins, sulfur amino acid, anti inflammatory, antioxidant, regulate melanin production | 150 | |
| 14522478930 | Lycopene | Guava, rosehip, tomatoes, watermelon, protects cells | 151 | |
| 14522478931 | Copper | Stimulate collagen, elastin, glycosaminoglycans | 152 | |
| 14522478932 | Zinc | Used in acne treatments | 153 | |
| 14522478933 | Hydroquinone | Found in berries, tea, coffee, skin lightener | 154 | |
| 14522478934 | azelaic acid | Inhibits enzyme tyrosinase, antibacterial, treats rosacea | 155 | |
| 14522478935 | kojic acid | Tyrosinase inhibitor, derived from fungi | 156 | |
| 14522478936 | Licorice root extract | Tyrosinase inhibitor w/out cytotoxicity | 157 | |
| 14522478937 | paper mulberry | Tyrosinase inhibitor, low irritation | 158 | |
| 14522478938 | ellagic acid | Pomegranate and red raspberry, skin lightening | 159 | |
| 14522478939 | Bearberry/arbutin | Inhibits tyrosinase and evens existing skin tone | 160 | |
| 14522478940 | phytic acid | Brans, seeds, cereals, | 161 | |
| 14522478941 | Signal peptides | Encourage fibroblasts to increase collagen production | 162 | |
| 14522478942 | Neurotransmitter peptides | Limit muscle contraction | 163 | |
| 14522478943 | Carrier peptide | Stabilize and deliver elements necessary for wound healing | 164 | |
| 14522478944 | Grape seed | Inhibit UV radiation induced activity | 165 | |
| 14522478945 | Lilac stem cells | Benefits acne | 166 | |
| 14522478946 | Swiss apple | Increase longevity of cells | 167 | |
| 14522478947 | Niacinamide | Water soluble form of vitamin B3 used to fight photoaging, controls sebum | 168 | |
| 14522478948 | Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) | Water soluble, stable low molecular weight help w/ tissue repair | 169 | |
| 14522478949 | Bakuchiol | Treat acne and aging | 170 | |
| 14522478950 | hyaluronic acid | Naturally occurring polysaccharide holds more water than any other substance | 171 | |
| 14522478951 | L-lysine | Red meat, poultry, milk, nourishes the skin | 172 | |
| 14522478952 | Squalene | Sharks and olive oil, moisturizer | 173 | |
| 14522478953 | Gotu Kola | Anti again and scarring | 174 | |
| 14522478954 | DMAE | Salmon, firming and tightening | 175 |
