Tempted to try out Kate Moss’s latest take on the Croydon facelift? You’ll want to read this first…
She’s at it again. No, not that. Kate Moss is garnering negative comments this week– and this time it’s for her unorthodox anti-ageing tips. We’ve all heard of the Croydon facelift- tying your hair in to a ridiculously tight high ponytail, to pull the skin until it’s taut and wrinkle-free. Well, now there’s a new faux facelift in town. Kate’s been telling Vogue, this month, that on shoots stylists often tie hair into tight braids – hidden of course – in order to pull the skin and iron out wrinkles. We say it’s the new faux facelift- it’s actually been around for yonks. Apparently it was the way to re-touch wrinkles when photoshop and filters hadn’t yet been invented. So what’s wrong with this? Sounds perfectly legit to us – surely it’s just a natural and pain-free alternative to smoothing wrinkles out with an injection? Well according to leading trichologists, we should be very wary of the impact this kind of style has, not on our skin, but on our hair. Apparently, pulling the hair in this kind of way, so tightly and for an extended period of time, can lead the follicle to become damaged and can cause hair loss and damaged hair. Still fancy trying out the Croydon facelift of 2018 but don’t want to damage your locks? Or maybe you are suffering from damaged, brittle locks anyway – perhaps through over-reliance on curling tongs or because you were desperate to nail next season’s hottest hair colour (dirty pink as seen at Alexander Wang SS’18. FYI)? Or maybe you just want long, luscious locks??
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