Looking like the surface of an orange, cellulite is a group of fat cells below the surface of the skin, trapped inside the tissue itself. Although not life threatening, losing cellulite is the aim of any woman (or man) that sufferers with it and of course it tends to get worse with age. Cellulite treatments are abundant but losing cellulite is not easy and once you have removed it, certain facets of your lifestyle must change to ensure it doesn’t return.
Cellulite is more usual on women than men in the main due to the way muscle, connective body’s tissue and fat are distributed in the skin, and as far as women are concerned those specific areas are the thighs, buttocks and stomach. This is because women more often than not have a higher amount of fatty tissue than men. This storage of fat is aided by the female hormone estrogen as additional fat is needed by the woman during menstruation, maternity and when breast milk is needed. Although not necessarily a direct cause, being overweight is one of the contributing reasons for cellulite. During maternity, a woman’s body goes through certain changes during which time there is an increase in fatty deposits, general weight gain and the retention of water.
Most specialists agree that the best way of losing cellulite is a reduced calorie, proportionate diet with food that has high fiber content, and to increase the amount of exercise taken. Tanning often helps because is even believed that cellulite is not as evident on darker skins. It is still thought that the most popular cause why some females are more prone to having cellulite is a hormonal imbalance so losing cellulite with plenty of physical exercise under these circumstances may not be enough. Apart from healthy eating habits and exercise, cellulite therapy comprising of a massage, special cellulite burning creams, water therapy and giving up smoking will all help in losing cellulite.
For those individuals who are serious about losing cellulite a technique called suction lipectomy can be used where small incisions are made in the skin and the cellulite is literally sucked up out of the muscles. The fatty deposits are massaged with rollers which combined with the suction, helps to break them down so that the bound water and toxins are removed. suction lipectomy is a method of losing cellulite that is effective but unless you maintain healthy habits afterwards, it can return and often in different regions. However, cellulite is not an illness or a disease but it highlights a by and large unhealthy lifestyle. Discovering the cause of cellulite in each person is the initial step to treating the cellulite and then hopefully as a method of losing cellulite completely.
