Croydon facelift

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Image:Croydon facelift.JPG In English slang, a Croydon facelift (sometimes Essex facelift, Council facelift or, on Merseyside, Scrawped) is a particular hairstyle worn by young women. The hair is pulled back tight and tied in a bun or ponytail at the back. The supposed result is that the skin of the forehead and face are pulled up and back, producing the effects of a facelift.

This hairstyle is particularly fashionable among certain young women in England, and is portrayed in the media as belonging to young women from the lower social classes, particularly the so-called chav culture. Hence the term is considered derogatory because it portrays people from Croydon as being lower class. Croydon can be replaced by the name of any unfashionable residential area.

The character Vicky Pollard from the TV comedy series Little Britain wears this hairstyle.

Traction alopecia can result from this hairstyle.

See also

• List of common phrases based on stereotypes

References

• Brewer's Britain and Ireland, compiled by John Ayto and Ian Crofton, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005, ISBN 0-304-35385-X