A woman displays a Croydon facelift in Moscow.

In English slang, a Croydon facelift (sometimes Council facelift, Essex 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. Traction alopecia can result from this hairstyle.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (667x1000, 276 KB) Croydon facelift, Moscow, 2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (667x1000, 276 KB) Croydon facelift, Moscow, 2005. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2007)    - Density 10,469,000   9684. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speakers dialect or language. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. ... Street haircut in Harbin, China For humans, haircut, hairstyle, or hairdo normally describe cutting or styling head hair. ... Image of a woman on the Pioneer plaque sent to outer space. ... A bun is a type of haistyle, typically worn by women where the hair is pulled back from the forehead and tied in a compact package resembling a small loaf of bread (hence bun). ... A ponytail is a hairstyle in which most or all of the hair on the head is pulled away from the face, gathered and secured at the back of the head with a hair tie, clip or similar device, and allowed to hang freely from that point. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Epidermis (skin). ... In human anatomy, the forehead or brow is the bony part of the head above the eyes. ... The face is the front part of the head, in humans from the forehead to chin including the hair, forehead, eyebrow, eyes, nose, cheek, mouth, lips, philtrum, teeth, skin, and chin. ... A facelift, technically known as a rhytidectomy (literally, surgical removal of wrinkles), is a procedure used in plastic surgery to give a more youthful appearance. ... A form of Alopecia (gradual hair loss) caused primarily by pulling force being applied to the hair. ...

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. Social class refers to the hierarchical distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures. ... Look up chav, charva in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Croydon is a large town and major commercial centre in southern England, and is also an area of Greater London, being the main settlement in the London Borough of Croydon. ...

References

• Brewer's Britain and Ireland, compiled by John Ayto and Ian Crofton, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005, ISBN 0-304-35385-X
• "Teened up for tribal ID parade", Times Educational Supplement, August 5, 2005
• Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole accused of sporting the Croydon Facelift on a UK fashion and style blog February 12, 2007