If only for a second: watch the emotional moments cancer patients see themselves after a unique makeover

A video has been released of 20 people receiving a crazy makeover to give them a break from their suffering with cancer.

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by Closer staff |
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In the touching clip, titled ‘If only for a second’, some of the people open up about their battle with the illness and how it has taken over their lives completely.

The purpose of the video was to help them forget, just for a moment, and to make them feel carefree.

The Mimi Foundation, in collaboration with Leo Burnett France, set up the campaign and was it was inspired by the sentence: “You know what I miss most? Being carefree.”

The clip shows the touching moments cancer patients see themselves after a unique makeover
The clip shows the touching moments cancer patients see themselves after a unique makeover

Speaking about her battle, one of the women in the video says: “You constantly live in the fear of an impending threat. It’s always on your mind.”

Another adds: “You immediately stop being carefree when you learn that you’re ill.”

The video is titled 'If only for a second', and the purpose is to make the people forget about their illness, even if only for a moment

The clip sees the people going to a studio and being told to keep their eyes shut as they are made over.

They are then placed in front of a two-way mirror, and on the other side is a photographer.

The photographer's role was to 'immortalize a second of carefreeness'

A caption in the video says of the photographer: “His role: immortalize a second of carefreeness.”

You are then shown the moving moments when the patients open their eyes and see themselves for the first time.

All of the photographs from the day have been featured in a book, also titled ‘If only for a second’, and you can watch the video below.

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