KY Esthetician case studies

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The Kentucky Esthetician licensure examination is the multiple-choice test that the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology (through its contracted testing vendor) requires before a candidate can be licensed to perform skin care services for pay in the state. It is intended for students completing a board-approved esthetician program and for out-of-state or lapsed licensees who need to demonstrate current competency. The KY Esthetician case studies are 5 cases and about 3,340 words.

A Tingling Lip, a Scratched Bite, and Blood on the Extractors

You are the lead esthetician at a six-room day spa in Lexington. a regular client arrives for a 60-minute deep-cleansing facial with extractions, booked because of 'congestion on my chin.' During intake she mentions a 'tingling bump' that appeared this morning; you see a cluster of three small vesicles with a red base at the right upper lip.

737 words, about 4 min 2

Fitzpatrick IV, a Wedding in Three Weeks, and a Request for the Strongest Peel

Client: a 34-year-old woman, Fitzpatrick type IV, combination skin with an oily T-zone and dry, tight cheeks. She books a 'brightening facial with a peel and extractions' three weeks before her wedding.

676 words, about 3 min 3

A 17-Year-Old, Isotretinoin, and a Closing Wax Pot

A 17-year-old walk-in, unaccompanied, requests an eyebrow wax, upper-lip wax, and full-leg wax before a trip in two days. Her intake form notes: isotretinoin 40 mg daily, started four months ago with about eight weeks left; tretinoin 0.05% cream on the face nightly; a 'light chemical peel' on both lower legs at another salon five days ago; doxycycline 100 mg daily, day three, for a sinus infection; and a retinol body lotion used 'a few nights a week.' She says she 'always gets a little redness' after waxing and once had skin lift on her lip.

680 words, about 3 min 4

'Chemical-Free' Vitamin C, an Orange Serum, and a 30% Peel

A client arrives for her facial with a shopping bag: a serum labeled '100% chemical-free vitamin C - 20% L-ascorbic acid, pH 3.0, fragrance-free, paraben-free, preservative-free'; a 'retinol 1% night cream'; and a 10% benzoyl peroxide gel. She has used the vitamin C for six weeks; it is now dark orange and smells sharp.

641 words, about 3 min 5

Three Requests From the Owner in Week One

You are a licensed esthetician at a new salon in Bowling Green. In your first week the owner, a licensed cosmetologist, makes three requests: (1) perform a 'plasma fibroblast' under-eye treatment with a pen-shaped device she bought online, saying 'the manufacturer's video shows how'; (2) let a 17-year-old high-school work-study student perform extractions on your client while you take another client, since 'she's learning'; (3) keep the salon's licenses and yours in a desk drawer, because 'the inspector only comes once a year.' A 15-year-old then books a back facial for acne and wants to come alone.

606 words, about 3 min