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.

Visuals include (but not limited to):

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.

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.