
“My friends have nicknamed me Mona Lisa, after the da Vinci painting. Mona Lisa was said to have been quietly amused, as am I. I just won’t show it”

This is Vicky Kidd, aged 38

She decided to stop smiling 5 years ago, after splitting up with her partner

“The lines on my face were escalating and with advancing age I started worrying about being left on the shelf”

Christyne Remnant, 70, has a different strategy:
