ELECTRIC SHAVER

The present invention relates to a multipurpose personal care appliance to which different types of tooling elements such as a long-hair cutter, a short-hair cutter and a skincare unit can be attached. According to one aspect a mode button is provided for changing operating parameters of the drive unit of the personal care appliance, wherein said at least one mode button is configured to indicate, upon activation, at least one of the aforementioned tool elements that can be attached to the appliance's head, at the display device of the personal care appliance. Furthermore, the user actively may select the relevant information from a plurality of sets of information offered to be displayed, wherein the mode input element may be configured to switch the display device into different display modes for displaying different sets of information when the drive unit is inactive and/or the personal care appliance is sleeping. According to another aspect, the personal care appliance may automatically display different sets of information to the user at a convenient point of time once a user is attentive and ready to perceive such information, wherein such automatic switching of display modes may be activated in response to a signal indicating an object or subject touching or approximating the sleeping personal care appliance and/or in response to a parameter indicative of switching off the personal care appliance.