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| Describe Electrical Current |
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| Describe Galvanic Current |
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| The only constant direct current of low voltage and high amperage that produces an electrochemical effect. |
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| What is Galvanic Current also known as? |
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| What is Galvanic Current used for? |
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| To force water-soluble skin care product into the skin. |
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| The process of forcing water based solutions into the skin by applying galvanic current to the solution. |
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Anaphoresis
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Cataphoresis |
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| What type of phoresis is often used in desincrustation? |
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| Is desincrustiona involved tx's in which blockages in the skin such as clogged pores or blackheads are broken down; also known as deep pore cleansing, Water soluble solutions used are alkaline and have a negative charge |
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| Allows an acidic solution to enter the skin when assisted by galvic current and the positive pole of an electrode. |
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| Name two treatments that require anaphresis and cataphoresis. |
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Desincrustation = water soluble solution = alkaline = negative charge
Iontophorisis = water soluble solutions = acididc and have a positive charge |
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| Tx in which the deeper layers of the epidermis are built up or nourished. |
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| What kind of Water Soluble solutions are used in Iontophoresis? |
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| Acidic and they have positive charge. |
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| Allows an acidic solution to enter the skin with assisted by Galvanic Current and the positive pole of an electrode. |
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| Means having opposite poles in an electric current. |
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