Cosmetology Vocabulary
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- MSDS
- Material Safety Data Sheet.
- Scaling
- Method of brushing the hair.
- Texture
- Quality of the hair defined as fine, medium, or coarse.
- Porosity
- ability for the haur to absorb.
- Density
- How many hairs per square inch.
- Elasticity
- Ablity for the hair to stretch.
- Cowlick
- a taft of hair that stands straight up.
- Fumigant
- Vapor
- Principle
- A fundamental truth.
- System
- Standarized method.
- Surfactantsis
- A detergent
- Contaminant
- Any substance that can cause contamination.
- Sterilization
- Completely destroys every organism on a surface.
- Disinfection
- Controls micoorganisms.
- OSHA
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration.
- Antispetic
- Used to kill bacteria on skin.
- Disinfectant
- Used to kill bacteria on surfaces.
- Pityriasis
- Dandruff.
- Emollient
- An agent that softens & smooths.
- Humectant
- Something that attracks moisture from the air.
- Anagen
- growth cycle of the hair
- Catagen
- Resting cycle of hair growth Cycle.
- Telogen
- Hair stops growing & falls out.
- Monolithic
- Beaded hair.
- Hypertrichosis
- Excessive hair Growth.
- Trichorrhexis Nodosa
- Split hair mid-strand.
- Trichoptilosis
- Split hair ends.
- Alopecia
- Baldness
- Terminal Hair
- Technical term for hair on your head.
- Canities
- Grey hair.
- Pityriasis Steatoids
- Oily Dandruff.
- Pediculosis
- Head Lice.
- Tinea
- Ringworm.
- Analyze
- Examine, look at it, condition of the hair.
- Onychosis
- Any nail deaseas.
- Onychomychosis
- Ring worm of the nail.
- Onychia
- Inflammation of the matrix.
- Onychophagy
- Bitten Nails.
- Onychoptosis
- When the nail falls completely off.
- onychorrhexis
- Split or brittle nails.
- Epidermis
- First layer of the skin.
- Dermis
- Second layer of the skin.
- Kertain
- Protein substance in the hair, skin, & nails.
- Melanin
- Pigmint in your hair & skin.
- Subcutaneaus Tissue
- Fat.
- Adipose Tissure
- Fat.
- Sebaceous Gland
- Oil Gland.
- Suderiferous Gland
- Sweat Gland.
- Lesion
- Structural Change in the skin.
- Acute
- Disorder that is short & servier.
- Chronic
- Mild, but long.
- Dermatology
- Study of the skin.
- Authority
- The right to control.
- Anterior
- in front of.
- Posterior
- Behind.
- Superior
- Above.
- Inferior
- Below.
- Anatomy
- The study of gross structure of the body.
- Phsiology
- Study of the functions of the body.
- Histology
- Study of the minure (small) structures of the body.
- Tricology
- Study of the hair.
- Consultation
- Conference where advice is given.
- Eumelanin
- Dark pigment in the hair.
- Pheomelanin
- Blonde or red in the hair.
- Toner
- Hair coloring/ tint that goes on prelightened hair.
- Tone
- The highlight you see, warm/cool.
- Level
- How light or dark the hair is.
- H2O2
- Hydrogen Peroxide (Makes it permenant).
- Henna
- Vegitable Tint.
- Activator
- Makes lightener work faster.
- Pliable
- Removeable.
- Cortex
- Second layer of the hair.
- Amino Acid
- The protein in your hair. (22 of them)
- Polypeptide Bonds
- Many chains of chemical bonds.
- Peptide Bonds
- Chemical bonds that join amino acid. (cant be broken)
- Side Bonds
- Cross Bond. (3 types.)
- Disulfide Bond
- Formed between two cysteine sulfur atoms. (sulfur)
- Salt Bonds
- Oppisite electrical charges. (easily broken)
- Hydrogen Bonds
- Weak bonds, attraction to oppisite electrical charges.
- Ammonium Thioglycolate Acid
- ATG.
- Oxidation
- Chemical reaction that expands molecules, in haircoloring services.
- Reduction
- Chemical reaction, that reduces permanent wave, break disulfide bonds.
- Viscosity
- Thickness of something.
- Lye
- Sodium Hyroxide.
- Compatible
- Works good together.
- Lanthionization
- Lost a sulfur atom, missing a sulfur bond.
- Residue
- Something that remains after a "part" is removed.
- Base
- A cream that is used to protect the scalp.
- Soft Curl Permanent Wave
- 2 step perm.