Feel More Confident In Your Skin,
Feel Beautiful.
We prioritize your complete comfort at every step, providing an approachable experience designed to leave you feeling smooth, cared for, and truly radiant.
At Electrolysis hair removal & Skin Care Chicago we are committed to expert, specialized, and compassionate care for all of our patients. Our goal is to help patients not only look, but feel like the best version of themselves. Our clients come from a variety of skin tones and backgrounds. Here at Electrolysis 100% Permanent Hair Removal & Skin Care Downtown Chicago IL we put the well-being and safety of our clients first and do our best to create an environment in which our clients feel comfortable and safe. We achieve this by a combination of thorough preoperative analysis, natural results, and patient guidance through every step, from initial consultation to post treatment follow-up.
Trusted By People Across Chicago & Across The Country
There are plenty of places to get hair removed in Chicago. Here is what our clients say they could not find anywhere else.
Pain Is A Solved Problem Here
Numbing cream, lidocaine, ProNox you control yourself, oral sedation, IV twilight — all the way up to sleeping through the session under general anesthesia. Most clinics offer cream and hope for the best. Here, whoever medicates you stays in the room until you are discharged.
One Day Instead Of A Year Of Tuesdays
Two or three electrologists work on you at the same time, in sessions of four hours and up. If you are flying into Chicago, a single trip covers what months of weekly appointments would cover at home.
Permanent, On Every Skin Tone
Electrolysis is the only method the FDA recognizes as permanent, and it treats each follicle one at a time — including the gray, white and fine blond hairs laser cannot see. Licensed Illinois electrologists, on N Larrabee St since 2016.
Our Services
Every plan starts with a private consultation. We look at your hair, your skin and the area you want treated before we quote a single hour.
Seven Ways To Get Through Electrolysis Comfortably
We offer a wider range of comfort options than almost any clinic in the country, from topical numbing all the way to sleeping through your session. Use one on its own or combine a few, whatever suits you best.
Whichever level you choose, the licensed practitioner responsible for it stays at the clinic with you for the whole session. Nobody gives you medication and then leaves the building.
Every Comfort Option In DetailLaser First, Then Electrolysis: Permanent Hair Removal In Chicago
On dense dark hair, most of our Chicago clients finish sooner and spend less by combining the two. Laser hair removal clears the bulk quickly over a few sessions, then electrolysis treats what is left — the gray, white, red and fine blond hairs laser cannot see — one follicle at a time, permanently.
Not everyone needs both. At your consultation we look at your hair and skin and tell you plainly which sequence gets you there for less.
Electrolysis Works Where Laser Cannot
Because we treat one follicle at a time instead of chasing pigment, there are situations where electrolysis is not just the better option, it is the only permanent one.
Electrolysis For PCOS And Hirsutism
Hormonal hair grows back coarser and faster, and it keeps coming from follicles that other methods only irritate. Electrolysis destroys the growth cells in each one, so the hair does not return even while the hormones do what they do. It is also one of the few cases where insurers will sometimes reimburse.
Electrolysis For PCOS ⟶Electrolysis For Dark Skin
Laser reads pigment, which is why deeper skin tones are often turned away or treated at settings too low to do much. Electrolysis works inside the follicle instead of at the surface, so skin tone simply is not part of the equation, and neither is hair color.
Electrolysis For Dark Skin ⟶Electrolysis Over Tattoos
Laser cannot be used over ink without risking the tattoo and burning the skin, so most clinics will not touch a tattooed area. Because electrolysis treats one follicle at a time with a fine probe, we can clear hair growing through a tattoo without disturbing the artwork.
Which Areas Can Be Treated ⟶Meet Your Chicago Care Team
Valeria trained at the Accurate Academy of Electrology and spent four years working alongside one of Chicago’s leading plastic surgeons before opening her own practice. She came to electrolysis as a client first, and that is still what drives the work.
Nataliya has worked in the beauty industry since 2016 and became licensed after seeing what electrolysis could actually do. She is known here for steady hands on long clearing sessions.
Adriana is meticulous, which is exactly what you want on facial work. She keeps up with new techniques and equipment, and takes the time to get every follicle right.
Nik-Nik handles the comfort side of long sessions — lidocaine injections, sedation and IV hydration — and stays with you through the whole appointment rather than dosing you and moving on.
Real Results From People Just Like You
Read genuine reviews from our clients and see why we are Chicago’s trusted choice for permanent hair removal and custom skin care.
★★★★★Electrolysis 100 was by far the best place I’ve gone for high-volume, transgender facial electrolysis. The technicians are highly professional and competent, while also caring and compassionate.
★★★★★I have been seeing Valeria and her team for electrolysis and laser hair removal for over a year, to fantastic results. Whatever hair removal work you wish to get done, I would recommend Valeria.
★★★★★I recently tried their new ProNox gas, and it certainly took the edge off for me. The time also went by much quicker. Finishing up stragglers will be a breeze now.
Book Your Chicago Electrolysis Consultation
If you have never been treated at our location, we ask for a consultation before your first appointment — it is how we get the plan right. Live out of state? We can do it by phone or video. By appointment only, no walk-ins.
Booking And Cancellation Policy
Notice required, so your appointment time can go to someone else on the list.
Without proper notice, 100% of the scheduled service is charged. To change an appointment, call (252) 722-5006 or email us.
Full Booking PolicyMonthly Payments And Insurance Reimbursement
Cost is the reason a lot of people put this off. There are two ways to make it manageable, and both are worth understanding before you book.
Split It Into Monthly Payments With Affirm
We book through Vagaro, and Vagaro offers Buy Now, Pay Later through Affirm. You can spread the cost of a large volume session or a full treatment plan over monthly payments instead of paying the whole amount on treatment day.
You will see the option at checkout, and applying takes a couple of minutes without affecting your credit score. Rates and terms come from Affirm, not from us, so you see exactly what you are agreeing to before you confirm anything.
Learn About Buy Now, Pay LaterIs Electrolysis Covered By Insurance?
Most insurers still classify hair removal as cosmetic. Hair removal before gender-affirming surgery and hair growth caused by PCOS are the exceptions, and both are approved case by case with prior authorization. We have had patients approved by several insurance companies.
We do not bill insurance directly. To your insurer we are an out-of-network provider, so you pay us, we hand you an itemized invoice, and the insurance company reimburses you. Get written prior authorization before you start and submit each invoice promptly.
Read The Full Insurance GuideElectrolysis Hair Removal Questions, Answered
Anything we have not covered here, ask at your consultation — or just call the clinic and we will talk it through.
See The Full FAQYes. Electrolysis destroys the hair growth cells at the follicle, and it is the only method recognized by the FDA as permanent hair removal. Laser is cleared for permanent hair reduction, which is not the same thing. Because hair grows in cycles, a plan works through follicles over a series of sessions.
On every one of them. Electrolysis treats each follicle regardless of color, including the gray, white, red and fine blond hairs that laser simply cannot see. Laser depends on pigment contrast; electrolysis does not.
It is uncomfortable, and we would rather say so. What changes the experience is what you pair it with: prescription numbing cream, lidocaine injections dosed by weight, patient-controlled ProNox nitrous oxide, oral conscious sedation, IV twilight sedation, or general anesthesia, where you are simply not present for it.
It depends on the area, hair density, your hair removal history and the hormones behind the growth. Your electrologist gives you a session estimate and a schedule at consultation, after looking at the area in person. Later visits usually get shorter as regrowth thins out.
Most insurers still call hair removal cosmetic. Hair removal before gender-affirming surgery is the exception and gets approved case by case with prior authorization. We are out of network, so you pay us, we hand you an itemized invoice, and your insurer reimburses you.
Yes. Large-volume electrolysis under general anesthesia keeps you unconscious for the planned treatment, started with inhaled anesthetic through a mask rather than an IV, with no local numbing injections needed for comfort. It requires medical screening, anesthesia clearance, a supervised recovery period and a responsible adult to take you home.
Regularly. Beard-line shaping, neck, back, shoulders and chest, including athletes who want hair gone for performance or recovery reasons.
Constantly. We block consecutive days and long sessions so one trip does the work of months of weekly visits at home, and your consultation can happen by phone or video before you book flights.
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Book a consultation with one of our licensed electrologists on N Larrabee St. We will look at your hair and skin, talk through your timeline, and build a treatment plan around how much discomfort you actually want to feel.
Why wait? The hair you have been putting off can be gone for good.
1315 N Larrabee St, Chicago IL 60610 · Monday to Friday, 9:00AM – 6:00PM · By appointment only
Find Our Electrolysis Clinic In Downtown Chicago
Electrolysis 100% Permanent Hair Removal & Skin Care sits on N Larrabee St in Old Town, minutes from the Gold Coast, Lincoln Park and the Loop.
Chicago, IL 60610
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday Closed
Parking is available around the clinic. By appointment only — no walk-ins. We speak English, Romanian and Russian.