Anti Cellulite Help: Cellulite Reduction is Easy With The Right Approach

Oct 8
07:48

2008

Joey Atlas

Joey Atlas

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Cellulite is a term coined in European salons and spas to describe deposits of dimpled fat found on the thighs and buttocks of many women. However - this term has been used to mislead, cheat and deceive women for the last 35 years - as cellulite is no different than ordinary fat - and can be permanently reduced with the proper approach.

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Cellulite is a term created in European beauty salons and beauty spas to describe deposits of lumpy,Anti Cellulite Help: Cellulite Reduction is Easy With The Right Approach Articles dimpled fat found on the legs, hips, thighs and buns of many women around the world. However - this term has been used to mislead, cheat and deceive women for the last thirty five years or so - as cellulite is no different than ordinary fat deposits - and can be permanently reduced with the proper approach, without spending a lot of money.

Cellulite is a term coined in European salons and spas to describe deposits of dimpled fat found on the thighs and buttocks of many women.

Widespread promotion of the concept in the United States followed the 1973 publication of Cellulite: Those Lumps, Bumps and Bulges You Couldn't Lose Before, by Nicole Ronsard, owner of a New York City beauty salon that specialized in skin and body care. Cellulite is alleged to be a special type of "fat gone wrong," a combination of fat, water, and "toxic wastes" that the body has failed to eliminate.

Alleged anti cellulite cures and products sold through retail outlets, by mail, through multilevel companies, and through the Internet have included "loofah" sponges; cactus fibers; special washcloths; horsehair mitts; creams and gels to "dissolve" cellulite; ingestable supplements containing common vitamins; minerals and/or herbs ; bath liquids; massagers, rubberized pants; exercise books; brushes; rollers; body wraps; and toning lotions.

"Cellulite" is not a true medical term.

Medical authorities amusingly agree that cellulite is simply ordinary fat tissue. Strands of fibrous tissue connect the skin to deeper tissue layers and also separate compartments that contain fat cells. When fat cells increase in size, these compartments bulge and produce a waffled appearance of the skin.

Many years ago, Neil Solomon, M.D., conducted a double-blind study of 100 people to see whether cellulite differed from ordinary fat. Specimens of regular fat and lumpy fat were obtained by a needle biopsy procedure and given to pathologists for analysis and comparison. No difference between the two was found.

More recently, researchers at Rockefeller Institute used ultrasonography, microscopic examinations, and fat-metabolism studies to see "affected" and unaffected skin areas differed in seven healthy adult subjects (five women, two men; four affected, three unaffected).

The researchers concluded: (a) certain characteristics of female skin make women more prone than males to develop the appearance of cellulite; (b) the process is diffuse rather than localized; and (3) there were no significant differences in the appearance or function of the fatty tissue or the regional blood flow between affected and unaffected sites within individuals .

Muscle stimulators are a legitimate medical device approved for certain conditions -- to relax muscle spasms, increase blood circulation, prevent blood clots, and rehabilitate muscle function after a stroke. But many health spas and figure salons claim that muscle stimulators can remove wrinkles, perform face lifts, reduce breast size, reduce a "beer belly," and remove cellulite.

These treatment franchises use wraps or cloth, with or without special moisturizers, lotions or creams applied to the 'affected' areas of the skin. The garments may be applied to parts of the body or to the entire body. Female clients are typically assured that fat/cellulite will simply "melt away" and they can lose "up to two or three inches from those stubborn problem areas in just one hour or so."

Suddenly Slender, which licenses body-wrap shops in the United States and Canada, claims that "wrapping works because cellulite is water-logged fatty tissue." As part of its sales pitch to prospective owners, the company notes that free publicity may be obtainable.

Most anti cellulite offerings are aimed at profiting from womens' pain of feeling beauty-less and unattractive because of cellulite. There are ways to get rid of cellulite - and these are proven habits of specific exercises that can be done at home - and sometimes some simple nutritional changes can turn the tables on the nasty condition known as 'cellulite'.