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Chemical compounds that lighten hair by dispersing, dissolving, and decolorizing the natural hair pigment.  

A medical device used to reduce acne, increase skin circulation, and improve the collagen content in the skin.  

The unit of measurement used to identify the lightness or darkness of a color.  

Muscle surrounding the upper lip; elevates the upper lip and dilates the nostrils, as in expressing distaste.  

Muscle that raises the angle of the mouth and draws it inward.  

Whitish discolorations of the nails, usually caused by injury to the matrix area; not related to the body’s health or vitamin deficiencies.  

Technical term for freckles; small yellow colored to brown-colored spots on skin exposed to sunlight and air.  

Graduated effect achieved by cutting the hair with elevation or over direction; the hair is cut at higher elevations, usually 90 degrees or above, which removes weight.  

Muscles that coordinate with the masseter, temporalis, and medial pterygoid muscles to open and close the mouth and bring the jaw forward; sometimes referred to as chewing muscles.  

Permanent hair removal treatment in which a laser beam is pulsed on the skin, impairing the hair growth.