Glasgow smile

A Glasgow smile (also known as a Chelsea smile, or a Glasgow, Chelsea, Birkenhead, A buck 50 or Cheshire grin) is a wound caused by making a cut from the corners of a victim's mouth up to the ears, leaving a scar in the shape of a smile.[1][2]

"Chelsea grin" redirects here. For the deathcore band, see Chelsea Grin.
"Chelsea smile" redirects here. For the metalcore song by Bring Me the Horizon, see Chelsea Smile (song).
For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation).

The act is usually performed with a utility knife or a piece of broken glass, leaving a scar which causes the victim to appear to be smiling broadly.[3]

The practice is said to have originated in Glasgow, Scotland, in the 1920s and 30s.[4]

Most notably, Scottish actor Tommy Flanagan has the scars of a Glasgow smile from when he was attacked outside a bar in Glasgow.[5]

See also

References
  1. Mills, Rod (27 October 2008). "Surgeon Says Hospitals Treat a Knife Victim Every Six Hours". The Daily Express. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  2. Arlidge, John (24 April 1995). "City Slicker Glasgow". The Independent. London. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  3. Peter Ward Booth; Barry L. Eppley; Rainer Schmelzeisen (2003), Maxillofacial trauma and esthetic facial reconstruction, Churchill Livingstone, p. 555, ISBN 9780443071249
  4. McKay, Reg (19 October 2007). "Razor gangs ruled the streets but even in the violence of pre-war years, one man stood out". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  5. Fretts, Bruce (12 November 2014). "Sons of Anarchy's Tommy Flanagan on Those Facial Scars, This Final Season, and Chibs". Vulture. New York. Retrieved 12 January 2019.


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