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Absorbed: Taken in through the surface of an object.
Accident: A mishap that can often lead to injury.
Account: A record of financial transactions.
Accurate: Exact.
Acetic acid: Used in acid rinses (vinegar rinse).
Acid: A solution with a pH of less than 7.
Acid balanced: Lotion with the same pH as the skin (4.5-5.5).
Action plan: A method of outlining steps and actions in order achieve a particular goal.
Adapt: To suit another purpose.
Additional media: Materials other than ornamentation used for creating a look i.e. accessories, make-up and clothes.
Additive: Substance added to improve a product.
Adequate: Sufficient.
Adhesions: Scar tissue.
Advertising: Promoting product or services.
Afro: Type of hair.
Afro comb: Comb to detangle afro or curly hair.
Agitation: To keep a substance or object moving.
Alcohol: Solvent used in setting lotions.
Alkaline: Solution with a pH above 7.
Allergic reaction: Abnormal reaction to a substance.
Allergy: Abnormal reaction to a substance.
Almond oil: Vegetable oil used for hot oil scalp treatments. Ingredient of control creams.
Alopecia: A general term meaning baldness.
Alopecia areata: Balding condition made up of small round patches which often follow the line of a nerve.
Alpha keratin: Hair in its natural unstretched state.
Alphabetical: In the order of the letters of the alphabet.
Alter: To change.
Alternative: A choice.
Amino-acid: The component units of protein.
Ammonia: Colourless fluid used as a solvent.
Anagen: During the period of active growth the hair is said to be in anagen.
Analyse: Examine in detail, i.e. the condition of the hair.
Androgenic alopecia: Hereditary male pattern baldness.
Anonymous: To be unknown.
Antiseptic: A substance which prevents the multiplication of germs but does not necessarily kill them. Examples are cetrimide and chloroxylenol.
Appointment: A specified time for a meeting.
Appraisal: A system of reviewing an employee's job performance carried out by the employee and employer.
Artificial: To be man-made.
Assemble: To gather together.
Assess: To judge the condition (of hair).
Assistance: Help.
Asymmetric: Unbalanced profile.
Attract: To draw an object or substance closer.
Authorisation: Agreed by the supervisor.
Autoclave: Apparatus used for sterilising tools, it works on the same principle as the pressure cooker.
Avant-garde: A term used to describe artwork that breaks away from tradition.