Welcome to Healer.
Chicago’s holistic sanctuary for body, mind, and skin.
New Offerings at Healer
Facial for Two
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An 80-minute facial experience for two people receiving treatments side by side. Designed for friends, partners, family members, or anyone seeking a shared moment of care.
House Calls
House calls bring the same thoughtful, results-driven treatments you receive in the studio directly to your home. Every visit is designed to create a calm, restorative experience using professional-grade skincare, intentional touch, and a treatment plan tailored to your skin's needs.
Perfect for those who prefer the privacy and convenience of home, are recovering from illness or surgery, have limited mobility, or simply want to transform their space into a sanctuary.
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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A completely customized facial for deeply exfoliated, plump, glowy and balanced skin.
Our signature facial ritual designed to bring the skin and nervous system back into balance. This treatment blends custom exfoliation, sculpting massage, lymphatic drainage, nourishing botanicals, red LED, and intuitive touch to support healthy circulation, softness, and glow. Each session is customized to what your skin and body need most in the moment, creating space for both visible renewal and deep restoration.
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A customized facial dedicated to treating acne of all stages. You are in the right hands at Healer.
This is a highly tailored treatment that takes into account your skin sensitivity and type of acne so to best address the course of action for root healing. Various combinations of massage, oxygenation + sulfur therapy, photodynamic (PDT) therapy, and/or deep acne exfoliation paired with healing actives will be used, along with high frequency and red LED.
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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 Massage-Only 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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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. Sculptural massage is one of the main focal points here along with gua sha + micro current. Our tightening peptide mask is used to increase circulation and plump out fine lines. You will leave with firmer rejuvenated skin with increased elasticity and plumpness.
Body 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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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.
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
Community Events–– Gather at Healer
Our holistic approach includes celebrating community, honoring the change of seasons, and tuning into the self through movement and creation.
If you are a interested in collaborating to co-organize a creative and healing community event at Healer, please contact Madeline at madeline@healerholisticskincare.com.
From “Somatic Blossoming,” a spring equinox celebration of somatic embodiment practices and ritual bag creation. Led and organized by Madison Mae Parker.
