Large Volume Electrolysis · Downtown Chicago
Large Volume Electrolysis In Chicago
Sessions Of Four Hours And Up, With Multiple Electrologists Working At Once.
Standard electrolysis is a one-hour appointment every week for years. Large volume electrolysis removes a significant amount of hair in a single session instead, with sessions of four hours or more and multiple licensed electrologists treating you at the same time. At our clinic on N Larrabee Street you can have that treatment under general anesthesia, under IV twilight sedation, under oral conscious sedation, or awake with prescription numbing cream, lidocaine injections and nitrous oxide.
More Electrolysis, Fewer Treatment Days
What Large Volume Electrolysis Actually Means
Large volume electrolysis is a specialized hair removal method using electrolysis technology, focused on removing a significant amount of hair in a single session. It suits clients flying into Chicago, clients with a deadline in mind, and anyone who would rather finish in a handful of long days than sit through years of weekly appointments.
Session Length
Extended Treatment Duration
Large volume electrolysis is a specialized service requiring treatment sessions of four hours or more. You let your hair grow once per clearing session rather than once a week for a standard one to two hour appointment.
Four Hours And Up
Staffing
Multiple Electrologists Working At Once
To move the work along, multiple electrologists treat different areas of the body at the same time. Two electrologists give you twice the clearing in the same day, and a third can take the body while the others work on the face.
Up To 21 Combined Hours
Comfort
A Full Pain Management Protocol
A four-hour session is a long time to be uncomfortable, so we built a protocol around it. Options run from prescription numbing cream all the way to sleeping through the entire treatment, administered by board-certified nurse practitioners and anesthesia professionals.
Six Options, Four Levels
Pain Management
Four Levels Of Comfort, From Fully Awake And Numb To Completely Asleep
Comfort is something we plan for rather than leave to chance. Our clients choose from one of the widest ranges of pain management offered by any electrolysis clinic in the country, beginning with prescription numbing cream and extending all the way to resting comfortably through the entire session. Whichever level you choose, the licensed practitioner responsible for it stays with you in the treatment room from start to finish.
Level 01
General Anesthesia
Completely unconscious for the whole planned treatment, started through an inhaled mask rather than an IV.
Sleep Through Treatment
Level 02
IV Twilight Sedation
Sedation medication through an IV, with lidocaine numbing the treatment area. You may drift in and out.
Sedate And Numb
Level 03
Oral Conscious Sedation
Medication by mouth with no IV, combined with cream, lidocaine and ProNox as the Complete Comfort Protocol.
Relax And Numb
Level 04
Awake With Local Comfort
Prescription numbing cream, lidocaine injections and patient-controlled nitrous oxide. You can drive yourself home.
Awake And Numb
Planning Your Day · Level 01
What One Treatment Day Under General Anesthesia Can Cover
There are no fixed packages. Every treatment day is sized to your hair, the areas you want cleared and the time you have available in Chicago. These are the formats we build plans from, and your written estimate tells you which one your clearing calls for.
One Or Two Electrologists
4 Combined Hours
A Focused Treatment Day
Suited to a smaller area, or to a first session while we see how your hair responds.
- One electrologist for up to 4 hours, or
- Two electrologists working at the same time for up to 2 hours
Sleep Through Treatment
One Or Two Electrologists
7 Combined Hours
A Full Working Day
A good fit if you want one area finished properly, or if you are just beginning large volume electrolysis.
- One electrologist for up to 7 hours, or
- Two electrologists working at the same time for up to 3.5 hours
Sleep Through Treatment
Two Electrologists At Once
14 Combined Hours
Two Electrologists, One Day
Two electrologists work side by side for up to 7 hours each, so several areas can be covered in the same visit according to your treatment plan.
- One treatment day, two electrologists
- Face, body and bikini areas can be combined
Sleep Through Treatment
Three Electrologists At Once
21 Combined Hours
Our Highest Volume Single Day
Three electrologists work at the same time for up to 7 hours. Two can stay on the face, for example, while the third takes the body.
- The most clearing we can do in one day under general anesthesia
- Built around your travel dates if you are flying in
Sleep Through Treatment
If your initial clearance is estimated at around 14 electrologist-hours, expect roughly 3 to 4 treatment visits, or about 35 electrologist-hours in total. Hair density, growth cycles and the area being treated all move that number.
If your initial clearance is estimated at around 21 electrologist-hours, expect roughly 5 to 6 treatment visits, or about 70 electrologist-hours in total. Later visits are usually shorter, because there is less regrowth to clear each time.
Hours shown are combined electrologist-hours, meaning the total treatment time performed by all electrologists working on you. That figure is not the same as the number of hours you spend under general anesthesia. Estimated hours and visit counts are planning figures only, and they vary with hair growth, density, the area treated, previous hair removal history, hormonal influences and how your hair responds to electrolysis.
Focused Areas · Level 01
Genital Electrolysis Under General Anesthesia
Built specifically for genital electrolysis. One day, one electrologist, and you asleep for all of it.
One Electrologist · Asleep
6 Combined Hours
A Dedicated Genital Treatment Day
One electrologist works continuously for up to 6 hours while you stay comfortably asleep under the care of the anesthesia professional, who remains with you for the whole session.
- One electrologist, one treatment day
- The exact treatment area is mapped with you at consultation
Sleep Through Treatment
Why this one is planned on its own. Genital clearing is slow, precise work in an area most people would rather not be awake for. It gets its own single-electrologist day so nothing is rushed and nothing is missed.
Before Your Treatment Day
Screening And Clearance
Every client completes medical screening and receives anesthesia clearance before we book the day. General anesthesia is available only to medically eligible patients, and all anesthesia care is determined and administered by the anesthesia provider.
Getting Home Afterwards
You will need a supervised recovery period and a responsible adult to take you home. We walk you through all of it on your consultation call, well before you commit to anything.
What Your Estimate Covers
Your written estimate sets out the combined hours, the number of electrologists, the comfort level and the full cost of the day, including the daily preparation fee and general anesthesia services. Treatment time depends on your individual needs and the area being treated, so the hours are a planning figure rather than a guarantee.
Level 02 · Sedate And Numb
IV Twilight Sedation For Large Volume Electrolysis
An IV catheter is placed into a vein so sedation medication can be given. Depending on the planned depth and how you respond, you may become extremely relaxed and sleepy, drift in and out of sleep, and remember little of parts of the treatment.
Sedation Relaxes
IV medication provides relaxation, anxiety control and reduced awareness of the day.
Local Anesthetic Numbs
Lidocaine injections numb the actual treatment area, because sedation alone does not.
Not Limited To One Dose
One or multiple doses may be given during treatment when medically appropriate, unlike protocols capped at a single starting dose.
Your Provider Stays
The anesthesia professional remains with you for the entire session, monitoring you and deciding on any additional dosing.
The sequence is straightforward. The IV goes in, sedation begins, local numbing injections are given while you are already relaxed, the area goes numb, and then electrolysis starts. During longer sessions, or when we move into a particularly sensitive area, additional local anesthetic may be needed when medically appropriate. IV twilight sedation gives excellent procedural comfort, but it does not remove needles from the day. If needles are the specific thing you cannot face, look at general anesthesia instead.
Planning Your Day · Level 02
Facial And Body Treatment Day Formats With IV Twilight Sedation
Plans are built around 7.5, 15 or 30 combined electrologist-hours, depending on how much hair needs treating and what your individual plan calls for. IV twilight sedation is included in all three.
One Treatment Day
7.5 Combined Hours
A Focused Sedation Day
A concentrated session for clients beginning their electrolysis journey, or for an area that needs one thorough clearing.
- One electrologist for up to 7.5 hours, or
- Two electrologists at the same time for about 3.75 hours each
Sedate And Numb
Two Electrologists At Once
15 Combined Hours
Two Electrologists, One Day
For clients who want to accomplish significantly more permanent hair removal in a single large volume treatment day.
- One treatment day
- Two electrologists at the same time for up to 7.5 hours each
Sedate And Numb
Two Consecutive Days
30 Combined Hours
Two Days, Back To Back
Our highest volume IV twilight format, performed over two consecutive treatment days. Particularly useful if you are traveling to Chicago for one trip.
- Day 1: two electrologists × 7.5 hours each
- Day 2: two electrologists × 7.5 hours each
Sedate And Numb
If your initial clearance is estimated at around 15 combined electrologist-hours, expect roughly 3 to 4 treatment visits, or around 37 combined electrologist-hours in total to work toward complete clearance.
If your initial clearance is estimated at around 30 combined electrologist-hours, expect roughly 5 to 6 treatment visits, or around 100 combined electrologist-hours in total. As regrowth decreases from one clearing to the next, later visits usually need shorter days.
Combined electrologist-hours represent the total treatment time performed by all electrologists and are not necessarily the same as the number of hours you spend under IV twilight sedation. The number, timing and amount of sedation doses are determined by the anesthesia professional based on your individual response, treatment progression, medical needs and clinical appropriateness. Sedation and additional dosing are subject to medical evaluation and individual eligibility.
Focused Areas · Level 02
Genital Electrolysis With IV Twilight Sedation
The same large volume structure, planned for genital work. We map the exact treatment area with you before your first session so the estimate reflects what actually needs clearing.
One Treatment Day
6 Combined Hours
A Dedicated Genital Day
A concentrated clearing of the area, or a follow-up visit once regrowth has slowed down.
- One electrologist for up to 6 hours
- Sedation administered and dosed by an anesthesia professional
Sedate And Numb
How It Is Planned
Genital Treatment Planning
Genital work is quoted on its own because the pace is different from face and body clearing. Here is what shapes your plan.
- We map the exact treatment area with you at consultation.
- Hours are combined electrologist-hours, not hours under sedation.
- Sedation is administered and dosed by an anesthesia professional.
- Your written estimate covers the hours, the visits and the full cost.
Genital treatment hours are combined electrologist-hours and are not necessarily the same as the number of hours you spend under IV twilight sedation. One or multiple sedation doses may be available during your treatment when medically appropriate, and the anesthesia professional determines the medication, dosage, timing and level of sedation for every patient. Treatment estimates are provided for planning purposes and are not guarantees.
Estimates
Every Treatment Plan Gets Its Own Written Estimate
What large volume electrolysis costs depends on how much hair there is, where it is, which comfort level you choose, how many electrologists you need and how many visits your timeline allows. A single price list would be wrong for almost everyone, so we quote each plan individually.
Send us a few details through our contact form. We reply with a personal estimate that covers the combined hours, the number of visits, the comfort level that fits you and the full cost, before you commit to anything.
If it is easier to talk it through, call us and we will take the same details over the phone.
What To Tell Us In The Contact Form
- The areas you want treated, whether that is face, body or bikini
- Your hair color and density, and any laser or waxing you have already had
- Which comfort level you are leaning toward, or that you are not sure yet
- Whether you are traveling to Chicago, and which dates work
- Any deadline you are working toward
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Send Your Details
Fill in the contact form with the areas you want cleared, a note on your hair and the dates you have available. It takes a couple of minutes.
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We Review And Plan
We work out the combined hours your clearing is likely to need, how many electrologists to put on the day and which comfort level suits you.
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You Receive Your Estimate
Hours, visits, comfort level and full cost, all in writing. A deposit reserves your treatment date once you approve it, and the balance is due before treatment begins on the day.
Estimates are prepared for planning purposes and are confirmed at consultation. Sedation and general anesthesia require medical screening, clearance and individual eligibility before a treatment date can be held.
Level 03 · Relax And Numb
Oral Conscious Sedation With The Complete Comfort Protocol
For clients who want a higher level of comfort without IV sedation or general anesthesia. The sedation medication is taken by mouth, so no IV is needed for the sedation itself. You stay conscious and able to talk with your treatment team while feeling calmer and more relaxed, and because oral sedation does not numb the skin on its own, it is combined with our full local pain management protocol.
Face & Body
Complete Face And Body Treatment
- Face and body electrolysis
- Oral conscious sedation and anxiety medication
- Prescription topical numbing cream
- Local lidocaine numbing injections
- ProNox nitrous oxide gas
Quoted Per Treatment Hour
Genital
Complete Genital Treatment
- Genital electrolysis
- Oral conscious sedation and anxiety medication
- Prescription topical numbing cream
- Local lidocaine numbing injections
- ProNox nitrous oxide gas
Quoted Per Treatment Hour
What The Complete Comfort Protocol Actually Feels Like
You take the medication before we begin, so by the time you are in the chair the edge has already come off. The numbing cream has been working on the surface, the lidocaine takes the treatment area to properly numb rather than just dulled, and the ProNox mask sits in your hand for whenever a patch turns out to be more sensitive than the rest. You can still talk to us, tell us to pause, and ask how far along we are.
Because oral sedation keeps you awake, this option works well for clients who want to stay in control of the session, or who cannot arrange the recovery period that deeper sedation requires. You will still need someone to drive you home. The provider who gives you the sedation stays with you at our clinic for the entire appointment.
Oral conscious sedation, local anesthetic and nitrous oxide are provided only after medical evaluation and are subject to individual eligibility and the treatment plan established by the appropriate licensed medical professional.
Every Option We Offer
All Pain Management Options For Large Volume Electrolysis
Mix them or use one on its own. Whichever level you choose, the licensed practitioner responsible for it stays at our clinic with you for the entire treatment session.
Topical
Prescription Numbing Cream
Prescription strength cream applied to the treatment area before we start. It takes about ten to thirty minutes to take effect and reduces surface sensation. Plenty of clients get through an entire treatment plan on this alone, and it layers underneath every other option on this page.
Available With Every Treatment Level
Local Anesthetic
Lidocaine Numbing Injections
Local anesthetic injected into the treatment area for deeper numbness than cream can reach. Dosed by weight and given by a board-certified nurse practitioner, it numbs the area within minutes. This is what makes genital and bikini work genuinely tolerable while you are awake.
Used With IV Twilight And Oral Sedation
Inhaled
ProNox Nitrous Oxide
Patient controlled nitrous oxide gas. You hold the mask and breathe it in whenever you need it, the calming effect starts within seconds, and it clears as soon as you stop, so you can drive yourself home. Several clients have told us ProNox is the single thing that made four-hour sessions possible.
No Recovery Time, No Escort Needed
Level 03 · By Mouth
Oral Conscious Sedation
Anxiety medication taken by mouth before your appointment, with no IV needed for the sedation itself. You stay awake and able to communicate while feeling deeply relaxed, and some clients rest through most of a session. Combined with cream, lidocaine and ProNox as the Complete Comfort Protocol.
Quoted Per Treatment Hour
Level 02 · Intravenous
IV Twilight Sedation
An IV is placed and sedation medication is administered by the anesthesia professional. You may drift in and out of sleep and remember little of parts of the day, with local anesthetic numbing the treatment area. One or multiple doses may be given during treatment when medically appropriate.
Included In Your Treatment Day Estimate
Level 01 · The Furthest We Can Take It
General Anesthesia
Completely unconscious for the whole planned treatment, with anesthesia started through an inhaled mask rather than an IV. No local numbing injections are used for electrolysis comfort, which removes the injection pain, the bruising and the swelling along with the time it takes to give and re-give them. Requires medical screening, anesthesia clearance, a supervised recovery period and a responsible adult to take you home.
Quoted Per Treatment Day
Nobody administers your medication and then leaves. Whichever level you choose, the licensed practitioner responsible for it stays at our clinic with you for the entire treatment session. They monitor you continuously, adjust or re-dose when it is medically appropriate, and remain with you through recovery and discharge. Ask any clinic you are comparing us to whether they do the same, because a lot of them do not.
Side By Side
Compare Your Four Comfort Options
The honest differences between the four levels, including the parts that involve needles. If you are not sure where you belong, most people land on this table for a while and then call us.
| Compare | General Anesthesia | IV Twilight Sedation | Oral Conscious Sedation | Awake With Local Comfort |
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| Conscious during treatment | No | Varies with depth | Yes | Yes |
| How it is administered | Inhaled through a mask | Medication through an IV | Medication by mouth | Cream, injections and inhaled gas |
| IV for sedation or anesthesia | No, planned protocol | Yes | No | No |
| Local numbing injections | Not used for electrolysis comfort | Yes | Yes, when included | Optional, most clients choose them |
| Needles in the planned comfort protocol | No | Yes | Yes, for local injections | Only if you choose lidocaine |
| Repeated local injections | No | May be needed | May be needed | May be needed |
| Injection related swelling or bruising | None from local injections when not performed | Possible | Possible | Possible |
| Practitioner stays for the whole session | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ride home required | Yes, plus supervised recovery | Yes | Yes | No, you can drive yourself |
| How it is estimated | Quoted per treatment day | Quoted per treatment day | Quoted per treatment hour | Quoted per treatment hour |
| Overall experience | Sleep through treatment | Sedate and numb | Relax and numb | Awake and numb |
All sedation and anesthesia services require appropriate medical evaluation and eligibility. Anesthesia is administered and monitored by qualified anesthesia professionals, who retain responsibility for all anesthesia related medical decisions and may alter the planned approach when necessary for patient safety.
Why Clients Choose It
Large Volume Electrolysis Chicago Benefits
- Less time needed from start to finish.
- You let your hair grow only once per clearing session instead of once every week for a normal one to two hour appointment.
- Local anesthesia can be injected, which keeps the session comfortable and lets us work faster.
- Multiple electrologists working at the same time multiply the clearing you get in a single day.
- Our progressive epilation technique and insulated probes deliver a high kill rate with less discomfort.
- Our electrologists are trained and experienced in treating coarse, dense hair.
- Every treatment is performed by our team of licensed Illinois electrologists.
- We are obsessed with the three things that matter most: no scarring, a high kill rate, and speed.
Common Questions
Large Volume Electrolysis Questions
Who Is Large Volume Electrolysis For?
Anyone with a significant amount of hair to remove who would rather not spend years on weekly appointments. It is a good fit if you are traveling to Chicago for treatment, if you have a lot of area to cover, or if a standard one-hour session is simply not making progress fast enough for you. Electrolysis works on every skin tone and every hair color, including the gray, white, red and fine blond hair that laser cannot see.
How Much Does Large Volume Electrolysis Cost?
It depends on how many hours your clearing needs, which comfort level you choose, how many electrologists work at the same time and how many visits your timeline allows. Those variables move the total enough that a published price list would mislead most people, so we quote every plan on its own.
Send us your details through the contact form and we will come back with a written estimate covering the combined hours, the number of visits, the comfort level and the full cost, before you commit to anything.
Is Electrolysis Actually Permanent?
Yes. Electrolysis is the only hair removal method the FDA recognizes as permanent. A fine probe follows the follicle opening and a precise current destroys the growth cells, so each treated follicle is finished rather than thinned. That is why it works regardless of whether the cause is heredity, hormones or a metabolic condition.
How Long Will It Take To Clear My Facial Hair?
This is the question we are asked most often, and it is the one we cannot answer with certainty. Many factors influence how many sessions an area needs, and some of them are still not well understood.
Clearing facial hair permanently can take anywhere from 8 months to 2 years. The number of sessions ranges from 8 to 15, and the total hours range from 90 to 300.
For an average person, if we do a complete clearing of the face each session, roughly 8 to 10 sessions and 100 to 150 hours will be needed. On a six-week interval, that works out to about a year. These are averages based on average hair density, and we cannot guarantee they will be your timeline.
How Many Electrologists Will Work On Me?
That depends on the plan we build for you. One electrologist handles focused sessions and all genital work. Two work at the same time on 14 and 15 hour days, and three can work at once on a 21 hour day, with two on the face and one on the body.
What Are Combined Electrologist-Hours?
Combined electrologist-hours are the total treatment time performed by all electrologists working on you. A 15-hour day, for example, is two electrologists working 7.5 hours each. That figure is not the same as the number of hours you spend under sedation or anesthesia, which is usually shorter.
Do I Pay A Deposit?
Yes. Once you have approved your written estimate, a deposit reserves your treatment date and the balance is due before treatment begins on the day. Sedation and general anesthesia also require medical screening and clearance before we can hold a date for you.
Can I Fly Into Chicago For Treatment?
Yes, and a good share of our large volume clients do exactly that. The 30-hour IV twilight format runs over two consecutive days specifically so a single trip covers what months of weekly appointments would. Our clinic is at 1315 N Larrabee St in downtown Chicago. Tell us your travel dates when you request an estimate and we will build the schedule around them.
Booking And Cancellation Policy
Notice We Need To Hold Your Treatment Day
To be fair to all clients and to use our time effectively, we have established the following cancellation guidelines. Appointments of one hour or less require at least 24 hours notice. Appointments longer than one hour require a minimum of 72 hours notice. Treatments scheduled for four hours or more require at least 14 days notice.
If proper notice is not given, a fee of 100% of the scheduled service will be charged. To change an appointment, call us at (252) 722-5006 or email [email protected].
By appointment only. No walk-ins. We speak English, Romanian and Russian.
Book Your Treatment Day
Start Your Large Volume Electrolysis In Chicago
Tell us what needs clearing and how much time you have in Chicago. We will come back with an estimate of hours, a recommended comfort level, a treatment schedule that fits and the full cost in writing.
1315 N Larrabee St
Chicago, IL 60610
Monday – Friday
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM