Reason: This page states that "Medicalcore" functions as a coping mechanism. However, the page needs revision to clearly and precisely define its unique visual aesthetic, ensuring it distinguishes itself from superficially romanticizing, fetishizing, or glorifying illness, pain, or trauma (e.g. "dressing up like a sick patient"). The content should explicitly articulate what makes it a distinct aesthetic beyond a literal collection of medical items, and strengthen its core definition, visuals, and purpose to prevent misinterpretation and uphold ethical documentation standards.
Reason for Warning: This aesthetic has the potential to deal with bodily fluids, needles and other medical related topics. If these sort of things trigger you, please leave this page.
Medicalcore utilizes medical-related paraphernalia and imagery. It functions as a coping mechanism, similar to Traumacore, without romanticizing, fetishizing, or glorifying illness or medical trauma. Medicalcore may overlap with Animecore, Yami Kawaii, Morute, Weirdcore, Dreamcore, and Horror, due to the common use of medical imagery in those aesthetics.
Visual[]
Visuals include (but not limited to):
- Needles/syringes
- IV bags
- Hospital beds
- Hospital wards
- Medicine
- Blood/Light gore, either by itself or interacting with another element of the image
- Monitors
- Red Cross
- Pills
A lot of Medicalcore images take common medical imagery and provide an artistic/aesthetic twist to them, usually reducing eye strain with light colors. Visuals may be animated or real photos, although the grosser images such as blood are almost always animated.
Fashion[]
Medicalcore fashion can take on a variety of appearances; surgical masks, hospital scrubs, nitrite/latex gloves, hospital gowns, lab coats, bandages, medical bracelets, and various other medical gear (like stethoscopes, etc.), and are often in pastel colors. Band-Aids with Sanrio or other cutesy/Kawaii patterns are extremely popular. Some people choose to emulate the look of a sick patient with things like gas masks, eye patches, bruises (either self-inflicted or accidental), gauze and large bandages, and mobile IV bags. Halloween/cosplay medical related costumes may also be worn.
Media[]
Film[]
- Titicut Follies (1967)
- Hospital (1970)
- M*A*S*H (1970)
- The Hospital (1971)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
- Awakenings (1990)
- Testament of Youth (2014)
- 12 Hour Shift (2020)
- Allelujah (2022)
- The Good Nurse (2022)
Television/anime[]
- The Good Doctor (2017-2024)
- House (2004-2012)
- Grey's Anatomy (2005-present)
- Ratched (2020)
- Scream Queens (season 2) (2015)
- Cells at Work! (2018)
Music Videos[]
- Britney Spears - Every-time
- Panic! At The Disco - This Is Gospel
- My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade
- Jazmin Bean - Terrified
- Melanie Martinez - Nurse’s Office
Video Games[]
- Abnormal Treatment
- Outlast
Webfiction[]
Characters[]
- Nurse Joy (Pokémon)
- Dr. Mario (Dr. Mario)
- Mikan Tsumiki (Danganronpa)
- Reaper Nurses (Dark Deception)
- Medic (Team Fortress 2)
- Bianca Abercrombie (Clinic of Horrors)
- Nurse Redheart (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Sigewinne (Genshin Impact)
- Victor Frankenstein (Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus)
- Fanny (Guilty Gear Petit)
- Nurse Sonico (Super Sonico)
Songs[]
- Doctor by Jack Stauber
- Hospital by Gurldoll
- I Need A Doctor by Eminem
- Magical Doctor by Maretu
- Nurse's Office by Melanie Martinez
- Poison by Nicole Scherzinger
- The Medical Anomaly by R.I.P./Really Introverted Producer
- R.I.P by Rita Ora
- take me to the hospital by Prodigy
- Overdose by Ciara
- Dr. Doctor by Ghost Town
- Novocaine by GHOST and Creep-P
- Hyperdontia by GHOST and Creep-P
- My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) by Dead or Alive
- Cancer by My Chemical Romance
- Little Lamb by Jazmin Bean
- The End! By My Chemical Romance
- The End by Halsey
Playlists[]
- 🚑MEDICALCORE🚑 by tipsyGnostalgic
- 💊🔪MEDICALCORE💉🩹 by Dexitorse
- hospitalcore by LK_777
- 🚑M3DICALC0RE🚑 by EZRA
- medicalcore / hospitalcore by feral
- 🏥🩺Medicalcore Playlist🩻💉 by Mars 🛸
Pinterest Boards[]
- medical core by Phoebe Riel
- medicalcore by Anna Belle
- Nursecore by 🌸Sweet Tea🌸
- Nursecore by Delta Tasamasou
- nursecore by wrench