Techniques for improving usage of personal care devices through behavior tracking

A method of guiding use of a personal care device to improve treatment effectiveness, the method comprising:

• receiving a usage record that includes information regarding a detected operation of a treatment application device of the personal care device;
• determining an identification of a consumable used along with the personal care device during the detected operation based on a captured image of the consumable or of packaging of the consumable;
• adding the identification of the consumable to the usage record;
• determining a reward based on the usage record;
• presenting an indication of the reward;
• and
• enabling functionality of the personal care device based on the reward, wherein the enabled functionality includes an ability to create custom modes for operation of the treatment application device.

A usage monitor computing device, comprising:

• a display device;
• circuitry for receiving a usage record that includes information regarding a detected operation of a treatment application device of a personal care device;
• circuitry for capturing an image of a consumable or of a packaging of a consumable used along with the personal care device during the detected operation;
• circuitry for determining an identification of the consumable based on a captured image of the consumable or of packaging of the consumable;
• circuitry for adding the identification of the consumable to the usage record;
• circuitry for transmitting the usage record to a monitoring server device;
• circuitry for receiving a notification of a reward based on the usage record from the monitoring server device;
• circuitry for presenting an indication of the reward on the display device;
• and
• circuitry for enabling functionality of the personal care device based on the reward, wherein the enabled functionality includes an ability to create custom modes for operation of the treatment application device.