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• Tactile skin sensitivity test - the use of soft and hard objects to test skin sensitivity

• Tapotement - rapid stimulating movements of the hands used in massage treatment

• Telangiectasia - collection of distended blood vessels in the skin usually with a central spot and a spidery like appearance

• Telogen - the resting phase in the development of a follicle

• Thai massage - a form of massage performed on a client who is fully clothed, on a mat on the floor, combining rhythmic massage with acupressure, gentle twisting and stretching. Gentle but firm pressure is applied with the palms of the hands and thumbs

• Thalassotherapy - treatments using mineral and vitamin rich  sea water and seaweed

• Thermal bath - a bath which provides a therapeutic treatment using water rich in minerals and salts

• Thermal skin test - the use of hot and cold to test skin sensitivity

• Thermotherapy - the treatment of disease or disorder by means of heat

• Tonic - a medicine that strengthens or invigorates; anything that improves the mental state; relating to tension in the muscles

• Toning - improving the state of tension in the muscles or skin

• Transsexual - a person who has undergone a sex change operation or a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex

• Transformer - a device which alters the voltage of an alternating current

• Transgender - appearing as, wishing to be considered as, or having undergone surgery to become one of the opposite sex

• Treatment menu - a selection of treatments and therapies together with a description and price list in printed form for the client's information

• Treatment plan - a record to show the treatment programme required to achieve agreed objectives

• Turkish bath - refers to a series of hot and humid steam rooms of varying temperature, the user spends several minutes in each room, starting with the coolest and working up to the hottest and then finishes with a cool shower

• Turnover - the amount of business transacted in a given period