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“Obliterated by chemotherapy”: Sylvia Patterson on keeping face when your body says otherwise
In an exclusive extract from her brilliant new memoir about battling breast cancer, the legendary FACE writer asks: how do you wear mascara if you’ve lost your eyelashes?