Bizarre!!! - Meet the woman who has not smiled for 40 years!

Woman Who Has Not Smiled For 40 YearsTess Christian, 50, does not allow a flicker of a smile to pass her lips, and hasn’t for almost 40 years, in an attempt to ward off wrinkles.

Tess Christian

This is because Tess says that maintaining a perennial poker face is a crucial way to keeping her admittedly, impressive youthful looks.
” I don’t have wrinkles because I have trained myself to control my facial muscles,’ says Tess, ‘Everyone asks if I’ve had Botox, but I haven’t, and I know that it’s thanks to the fact I haven’t laughed or smiled since I was a teenager. My dedication has paid off, I don’t have a single line on my face.

‘Yes, I am vain and want to remain youthful. My strategy is more natural than Botox and more effective than any expensive beauty cream or facial.”

she is not alone in her drive to suppress facial movements, such as laughing or frowning, in a bid to stop wrinkles forming.

And some experts believe that this bizarre trick might work. Dermatologist Dr Nick Lowe says: ‘It can be an effective anti-ageing technique. Undoubtedly, there are some actresses who have retrained their facial expressions to this end.

‘Wrinkles happen because of the constant creasing of smile and forehead lines by the muscles in your face, which fold the connective tissue under the skin. If you can train yourself to minimise your facial expressions, you won’t get as many lines.

‘We know this because it is exactly how Botox works by reducing muscle activity. Not smiling is a DIY option, although I would have thought it difficult to keep up, not to mention boring for your partner and confusing for your children.’

Tess, who works as a cooking instructor for a vegetable produce company, thinks so. ‘It’s not as if I’m miserable. I love life. I just don’t feel the need to show it by walking around with a rictus grin on my face.’

So, is a life full of laughter really worth sacrificing for the sake of a few lines?
Meanwhile, it has the opposite effect. A resting face with no emotion won’t allow your brain to pick up the signal that you are happy. And just as smiling attracts people, looking miserable is likely to deter them  which obviously risks making you feel miserable, even if you were happy in the first place