Method and apparatus for personal skin treatment

An apparatus for personal cosmetic skin treatment, said apparatus comprising:

• a hand-held applicator having an infrastructure frame, said frame including at least two receiving bays operatively configured to receive combinations of interchangeable cosmetic skin treatment modules occupying the at least two applicator bays simultaneously, each module in said combination operative to conduct a different cosmetic skin treatment process and operative to apply at least one of said cosmetic skin treatment processes alone or in combination simultaneously with its complement module, with each of the modules including
• at least an identification tag identifying the module and containing module operational parameters and
• at least one connector including a key mechanism that prevents insertion of a non-matching type of module into said applicator and wherein the modules are positioned relative to each other so that during directional movement of the applicator over the skin one module follows the other;
• and;
• an applicator docking station including a control unit operative to provide to the applicator power supply, fluids required for applicator operation, and control the applicator movement;
• and
• wherein the control unit communicates with the identification tag, identifies the received module, and automatically sets the skin treatment parameters.