Strange woman who hasn't smiled for 40 years to prevent aging, what does her face look like now?

A woman from England has attracted attention after revealing that she has not smiled for 40 years to keep her face "flat" and reduce wrinkles. She even did not smile when welcoming her new daughter.

The ancients said: "A smile is worth 10 tonics", which means that whoever smiles a lot is a sign that he or she is feeling happy and relaxed, thereby warding off illness. Smiling will bring us many benefits, it makes you look friendly and approachable, more attractive, happier and less stressed.

Even science has proven that laughter has the effect of "nourishing" nerve cells because when we have something happy, the nervous system will recognize it and secrete happy hormones, making us feel comfortable and laughing at the same time. And when laughing, the facial muscles are continuously stretched, the skeletal muscles of the whole body also vibrate, thereby stimulating circulation and blood flow more, blood is brought to the heart, brain and other organs more. Laughing out loud stimulates the two hemispheres of the brain, helping to increase the ability to absorb new events and retain old information.

Laughing a lot even helps strengthen the function of internal organs, respiratory function, helps the body stay young, increases longevity, increases immunity and countless other benefits.

However, in 2015, many people were surprised to learn that there was a woman in the world who had not smiled for more than 40 years, all because of her arduous and difficult beauty career. Instead of spending a lot of money on expensive and painful cosmetic surgeries just to remove wrinkles on her face, this woman applied an extremely strange method to fight against the traces of time. For more than 40 years, she had not smiled even for a moment.

The "world's weirdest" woman is named Tess Christian. Tess said that in more than 40 years of her life, she has never smiled. "After Stevie was born, my life was filled with joy, but I still didn't feel the need to smile," said Ms. Christian.

According to Tess Christian, being calm prevents the face from stretching, laugh lines from appearing on the face, crow's feet from appearing and maintains a youthful appearance. For her, "not smiling" is also effective in preventing aging with expensive cosmetics.

She also asserted that she loves life, but she just doesn't feel the need to grin. Because of this, her friends nicknamed her Mona Lisa, the beauty with the famous secret smile in da Vinci's paintings. "I love life and enjoy every moment of it without having to walk around with a smile on my face," Tess Christian said.

Even though there were many times when things happened around her that made her feel extremely funny, even in the moment of welcoming her little daughter into the world, she did not smile.

When asked why Tess had to endure this, she replied that she simply "didn't want wrinkles on her face." It sounds ridiculous, but strangely enough, Tess's method seemed to work quite well.

"My efforts, endurance and perseverance have been rewarded with a smooth face without any traces of aging... Not a single wrinkle appears on my face, that's because I have trained myself to be able to control my own facial muscles," Tess shared.

"Many people doubt and ask if I have had botox injections but really no, only I can understand. I have practiced not smiling since I was a child, my efforts, endurance and perseverance have been rewarded with a smooth face and no trace of aging".

For Tess, "holding back laughter" was not a difficult thing. Looking at pictures of Marlene Dietrich, a famous German actress and singer, Tess saw that the woman never smiled and that made her look very attractive. From there, Tess began her "journey without laughter"...

Although she never smiled, Tess never admitted that she was a miserable person. On the contrary, she was very humorous and optimistic. She always knew how to bring comfort and laughter to those around her.

It has been almost 10 years since Tess Christian became famous in the media with her strange beauty secrets. She is 60 years old, her hair is gradually turning grey, but the wrinkles are still not visible, her skin is smooth and supple. In particular, Tess Christian's laugh lines do not even have any lines.

However, according to dermatologist Michele Green (USA), trading joy and smiles in exchange for beauty or smooth skin is not worth it. Dr. Green asserts that scientifically, laughing can break down collagen and create some lines on the face. However, anti-aging can be done in many other ways and it is not necessary to always "wear" a cold face to stay young. Smiling a lot makes life beautiful, happy and it is much more valuable than a beautiful appearance without emotions.