Welcome to Healer Holistic Skincare.
A Chicago sanctuary for body, mind, and skin.
Our Holistic Approach
Our philosophy embraces the idea of beauty as a feeling. That feeling you get during and after a treatment. Here we recognize the beauty within us and around us without the need to imitate youth. To us, this means an approach to healing that is both internal and external. We weave in multi-sensory experiences to stimulate the senses and induce a calm both internally and within our tranquil space.
The skin is so often a canvas of what is going on internally and we tackle this from all angles through the environment, through touch, quality targeted skin treatments, effective naturopathic ingredients, breath and embodiment.
We emphasize the importance of not only a great targeted treatment, but the healing process that comes after. Therefore our treatments are always buffered with the very best healing actives such as copper, chlorophyll, allantoin, arnica, and beta-glucan. When it comes to our body’s largest organ, we believe in sharing an experience that encompasses ALL that calms the mind and heals the skin.
Signature Treatments
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For stress reduction, deep healing, and full body skincare
A full body skincare experience. This treatment combines a 50 minute lymphatic exfoliation body treatment with a 50 minute holistic facial tailored to your skin. This healing experience involves full body skincare, stress reduction, and deep healing from the inside out.
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To clear stagnation, de-stress, and relieve tension.
A sculpting, massage-only facial designed to restore balance, release deep facial tension, and enhance natural radiance. This treatment focuses on slow, intentional facial massage techniques to encourage circulation, reduce swelling, and tone the muscles of the face — helping improve facial symmetry and soften areas of habitual tension.
Ideal for clients experiencing facial tightness, jaw or brow tension, puffiness, or dull skin, the Lotus Facial supports a healthy glow without the use of active products or exfoliation. This deeply grounding service promotes relaxation while leaving the face visibly lifted, balanced, and refreshed.
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A slow, intuitive full-body ritual focused on lymphatic flow, nervous system regulation, and deep reconnection. Each session is guided by what your body needs in the moment, blending dry brushing, acupressure, scalp work, and intentional touch to restore balance and ease.
Specialized Facials
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For skin that feels dull, tight, dry, and dehydrated.
When the skin is dehydrated, wrinkling occurs. Beta glucan and a high concentration of hyaluronic acid hold moisture to the skin holding as they hold 10,000 times their weight in water. Electronic modality is used along with red light to penetrate these therapies deep into the skin following a massage and exfoliation with steam best suited to skin type.
Custom Double Exfoliation -Enzyme Exfoliation - Enzymes sit atop the skin, only eating away at dead skin it comes into contact with. Appropriate enzyme will be chosen based on your skin type.
KRX Blue Peel lactic acid is the key ingredient to exfoliate and bring moisture deeper into the skin. This ingredient binds to water and carries it into deeper layers of the skin as it absorbs.
Betaglucan Treatment - Beta Glucan, macromolecule polysaccharide from schizophyllum commune, is a natural polymer which promotes healthy skin flora, and provides antioxidant protection. It is meant to soothe and hydrate even the most sensitive skin.
Electroporation - Uses electrical pulses to carry water based betaglucan deeper into the skin
LED red light - red light reaches the base of the dermis, where new skin cells are made, and stimulates healing and new cell growth.
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For those struggling with acne and need help figuring out a course of action. Your esthetician will craft a customized treatment based on the type of acne and its severity.
Skin is assessed to address specific type of acne. This is a highly tailored treatment that takes into account your skins sensitivity and type of acne so to best address the course of action and for root healing. Various combinations of massage, carboxy oxygenation therapy, photodynamic (PDT) therapy, and/or deep acne exfoliation paired with healing actives will be used.
INGREDIENTS AND MODALITIES USED:
Custom Acne Exfoliation - Exfoliation levels will be determined based on at home use of exfoliants and skin sensitivity. Within a treatment series this can be increased over time. Blends of salicylic acid with buffering ingredients such as tea tree are used as these are highly targeted in reducing the oil clogged deep inside the pores.
Carboxy Oxygenation Therapy - Introduces oxygen into exfoliated skin. Acne cannot live in the presence of oxygen.
PDT Photodynamic Therapy - Methyl Aminolevulinate (MAL) which is the main ingredient in PD-13 acts as a precursor to a molecule called protoporphyrin IX, which makes skin cells sensitive to light. In photodynamic therapy (PDT), MAL is applied topically, then activated by red light, generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) that damage targeted cells, including acne-causing bacteria and inflamed tissues. It can treat moderate to severe acne, Actinic Keratosis, Rosacea and other skin growths.
Inflacure healing treatment - Healing botanicals are placed on the skin to absorb, nourish, and heal post treatment. A healing treatment containing Urea, Chlorophyll + healing botanicals. This treatment helps reduce inflammation from the inside out, with results seen immediately. These ingredients kill acne causing bacteria, and instantly soothes skin conditions such as eczema, rosacea, dermatitis, psoriasis and even burns.
LED red light - red light reaches the base of the dermis, where new skin cells are made. Red light stimulates healing and new cell growth.
High Frequency - electrical treatment that produces more oxygen (kills acne bacteria). Minimizes inflammation.
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For skin with uneven and unwanted pigmentation due to acne, hormonal fluctuations, and sun exposure. Also a lovely option for drier skin types that crave a rejuvenating, complexion brightening treatment
This treatment focuses on brightening dull skin and targets hyperpigmentation or dark spots and discoloration to restore your skin's natural tone. Brightening ingredients are woven throughout such as vitamin C, kojic acid, and peptides. Appropriate exfoliation will be chosen based on your skin type. These ingredients are also extremely nourishing for the skin and double as rich antioxidants, preventing the skin from oxidation and degradation when exposed to free radical pollutants in the environment.
INGREDIENTS AND MODALITIES USED:
Exfoliation - Chosen based on your skin's needs
Enzyme Treamtent: for sensitive clients, gently eats away dead skin cells while delivering vitamin c, alpha arbutin, and more brightening ingredients into the skin.
Brightening Peel: for darker skin types, uses more gentler acids such as lactic acid paired with kojic acid, two wonderful brightening acids.
Lazer Peel: for lighter skin types, aids in lightening melasma, uses higher levels of a blend of glycolic, lactic, and citric acids, as well as hexylresorcinol and tranexamic acid.
LED red light - red light reaches the base of the dermis, where new skin cells are made. Red light stimulates healing and new cell growth.
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For rosacea, redness, and inflamed capillaries, extremely sensitive skin with acne.
High concentrations of allantoin (100%), chlorophyll, and coper immediately trigger a wound healing cascade. This treatment is extremely soothing, cooling, and anti-inflammatory. Option to work towards PDT Therapy treatment (Photodynamic Therapy) to treat intense rosacea/acne combo.
INGREDIENTS AND MODALITIES USED:
Gentle Enzyme Exfoliation - Enzymes sit atop the skin, only eating away at dead skin it comes into contact with. This enzyme is buffered with antioxidants and beta carotene that reduces inflammation.
Inflacure Healing Active Anti-Inflammatory - Designed to heal and soothe the skin, Inflacure Healing Active contains a unique blend of Chlorophyll, Urea, and naturally sourced botanicals. Chlorophyll helps to absorb red LED, which effectively reduces inflammation and helps eliminate acne-causing bacteria. It is an excellent and effective solution for acne, rosacea, eczema, psoriasis, and dermatitis.
LED red light - red light reaches the base of the dermis, where new skin cells are made, and stimulates healing and new cell growth.
High Frequency - electrical treatment that produces more oxygen (kills acne bacteria). Minimizes inflammation.
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This treatment will increase collagen production, improve skin elasticity and firmness, and give your face a lovely sculpted look.
This treatment is best for those who seek a sculpted, lifted, and radiant look, and is a lovely option before special events. Massage is one of the main focal points here along with gua sha. The Vtox mask is a vital component as well as this peptide-packed formula increases microcirculation which aids in the delivery of vital nutrients and supports natural collagen and elastin production. This is a non-invasive treatment offering a safe and effective alternative to surgical facelifts.
INGREDIENTS AND MODALITIES USED:
Sculptural Massage - Sculptural massage and Gua Sha (sculpting with stones) aiding in lymphatic drainage. Massage will be 30 minutes and will depuff, drain the lymph, and sculpt/tone the facial muscles providing a lifted look.
Microcurrent - Delivers electrical impulses into the skin that stimulate muscles. Originally this treatment was created to treat stroke patients drooping skin. It was later brought to the beauty industry for it’s healthy facial sculpting results.
Carboxy Oxygenation Therapy - Introduces oxygen into the skin by stimulating microcirculation, bringing oxygen rich blood to the base layer of the skin. This treatment quite literally brings life (oxygen) to the skin, waking it up for days.
Vtox - Dubbed a facelift in a bottle. KrX's V-Tox is a revolutionary formula which transforms the skin, providing an immediate visible lift using powerful peptides that at the same time deliver nourishing ingredients in a non-invasive manner.
LED red light - red light reaches the base of the dermis, where new skin cells are made, and stimulates healing and new cell growth.
Advanced Corrective Treatments
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For skin resurfacing, collagen production, brightening, and ultimate rejuvenation.
*Note: Skin will feel sensitized during treatment and appear red post treatment for up to 3 days. Peeling can occur and is normal. Zero down time treatment options can be discussed as an alternative.
This treatment targets scarring using an alternative but just as effective approach to micro needling. We use a technique that has been around for centuries in Korea called spicules that come from sea sponges to stimulate collagen and elastin production in the skin. We specifically use it with the goal of target varying levels of scarring including pitted ice pick scars due to acne and collagen loss. Instead of using abrasive metal needles. LED red light also pairs well with this to further stimulate healing as the red light is the deepest penetrating light, penetrating the base of the dermis where new skin cells are made and where collagen and elastin are formed.
INGREDIENTS AND MODALITIES USED:
Green Sea Spicule Scar Treatment - A centuries old natural acid-free resurfacing treatment that is derived from the natural needles of green sea sponges, which stimulate collagen and elastin production, exfoliate, and pull pigment. It also delivers a polypharmacy of vitamins and nutrients into the skin as it is buffered with hyaluronic acid, allantoin, and growth factors. We specifically use it with the goal of targeting varying levels of scarring including pitted ice pick scars due to acne and collagen loss.
Healing Gel Mask - Soothes the skin post spicule treatment with aloe vera leaf, azulene, chamomile, and centella asiatica - staple ingredients in healing Korean skincare.
LED red light - red light reaches the base of the dermis, where new skin cells are made, and stimulates healing and new cell growth.
Madeline Cortopassi
Madeline Cortopassi is the co-founder of Healer Holistic Skincare, a holistic skincare studio based in Chicago known for its deeply calming, results-driven approach.
Her work is defined by the experience she creates. One where clients feel immediately at ease, cared for, and fully supported from the moment they walk in. Blending advanced skincare techniques with nervous system regulation, Madeline’s treatments go beyond the surface, delivering visible skin transformation while restoring a sense of calm and balance.
Clients often describe her touch as intuitive and grounding, and her space as warm, immersive, and transportive. Whether it’s a first facial or part of an ongoing skin journey, each treatment is thoughtfully customized to meet the skin’s evolving needs while offering a moment to slow down, reset, and reconnect.
Rooted in her own experience with acne and skin insecurity, Madeline approaches skincare through a holistic lens. She treats the the skin as part of a larger system, where healing happens both internally and externally.
Her studio has become a trusted destination for those seeking not just better skin, but a deeper sense of care, presence, and confidence.
Founder + Master Esthetician