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'I wish it was anything other than my eyes': How Covid left make-up artist with permanent nerve damage and a blind spot
direct to your inboxA talented make-up and body paint artist has bravely shared her agonising battle with Covid, revealing the virus has left her with permanent nerve damage in both eyes and a blind spot in one.Eight months on, Samantha Helen, 26, told how she had to learn to walk again - and adjust to her 'new eyesight' - after she suffered swelling on the brain caused by Covid.The 'mini' blind spot in her left eye, she says, is 'like a black orb'.Samantha's cosmetic work has won huge acclaim.She creates intricate designs and owns her own face and body art supplies company, as well as touring the country to teach and give demonstrations and classes.But in a hugely emotive Facebook video post, she said her life has now 'changed
