Application of active skin treatments under neutral atmosphere

Apparatus for applying skin treatment solutions in the presence of a neutral gas, comprising:

• masking means including a plurality of openings and configured for placement over an area of skin;
• a first fluid circuit arranged to provide at least one treatment solution to said area of skin via a first opening arrangement comprising a plurality of said openings in the masking means;
• and
• a second fluid circuit arranged to provide a neutral gas via a second opening arrangement comprising at least one of said openings in the masking means;
• said first fluid circuit arranged to be coupled to at least one vessel characterized as follows:
• each said vessel is an opaque vial with a top closure pierced by a tube inserted into the treatment solution and coupled to a pumping arrangement effective to provide quantities of said treatment solution to each opening of said first opening arrangement;
• and
• each said vessel is arranged with an input tube which couples treatment solution pumped from said opaque vial to a first dispatcher device effective to distribute said treatment solution to a plurality of flexible tubes connected to each opening of said first opening arrangement.

Apparatus for applying skin treatment solutions in the presence of a neutral gas, comprising:

• a flexible masking device including a plurality of openings and configured for placement over a skin area;
• at least one treatment solution input tube arranged for coupling to a vessel containing a treatment solution;
• flow means for causing said treatment solution to flow into said input tube from said vessel containing a treatment solution;
• dispatcher means coupled to said input tube for distributing said treatment solution to a plurality of outputs;
• a plurality of flexible tubes connecting between said outputs and individual openings of a first opening arrangement comprising a plurality of said openings in the masking device for providing treatment solution to said skin area;
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• a gas circuit arranged to enable coupling to a gas vessel containing a neutral gas under pressure, said gas circuit including flexible tubing connecting to a second opening arrangement, comprising at least one of said openings in said masking device, for infusing said neutral gas between said masking device and said skin area.

A method for dispensing skin treatment solutions in the presence of a neutral gas, comprising the steps of:

• (a) placing a masking device having a plurality of openings over a skin area;
• (b) providing a treatment solution to said skin area via a first opening arrangement comprising a plurality of said openings in said masking device;
• and
• (c) infusing a neutral gas between said enclosure device and said skin area via a second opening arrangement comprising at least one of said openings in said masking device.