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After Samantha Smit lost her eyebrow due to cancer treatment, she sought out permanent makeup to get her confidence back
Permanent makeup artist Megan Hyde gave Smit the result she was looking for, resulting in a heartfelt viral moment
PEOPLE spoke to both Smit and Hyde about the experience
For Megan Hyde and her clients, permanent makeup is about much more than aesthetics.
After losing her eyebrow due to radiation treatments for blue nevus-like melanoma, a rare type of skin cancer, Samantha Smit walked into Hyde's studio in Alberta, Canada, "looking for a way to feel like myself again."
"Permanent makeup seemed like the perfect solution to regain some confidence without the daily effort of applying makeup," Smit tells PEOPLE.
"I was actually recommended to Megan by m