Cellulite Treatment
Cellulite is not a disease nor is it fatal, even though it affects a large percentage of the female members of the population. Cellulite is fat that is stored just under the skin. In men, this fat does not accumulate in the same way as it does in women because it becomes smoothly dispersed throughout the body. However, in women it tends to stay in the same place causing bumps and bulges. The reason that women have cellulite and men don’t is that in women the fat is organized parallel to the skin. The result is that the stored fat pulls down and creates the bulges of fat.
Cellulite does not react well to exercise and dieting so these measures won’t help in the reduction of this fat. Weight management and getting rid of cellulite are two different issues in getting your body back in shape. It is also important to know that cellulite is genetic, so if the older women in your family had problems with cellulite, it is very likely that will have them as well. Although there is no way of getting rid of cellulite permanently, there are ways of training it.
There are both medical treatments and spa treatments for cellulite. The medical treatments include:
- Lipo Dissolve. This is a non-invasive cosmetic treatment that involves a series of injections to dissolve small areas of fat. The injections into the connective tissue are painless and contain doses of phosphatidylcholine. This is derived from soy and deoxycholate, which the body produces in the digestive system. You can see results in the reduction of cellulite within weeks of starting this treatment.
- Mesotherapy. Small doses of medication are administered to certain areas of the body just below the surface of the skin to melt way the fat.
- Liposuction. This is a surgical procedure in which the surgeon cuts away the fat from under the surface of the skin. However, some of the problems with this method include scarring that some believe to be worse than the cellulite.
Spa treatments include:
- Endermologie. Enderlmologie involves using a massage machine that causes the layers of fat to fold when it rolls over them. This folding action stretches the connective tissue in which the fat is trapped and as the skin stretches, the fat does so also this dispersing throughout the skin better.
- Cellulite Acoustic Wave Therapy. This is a painless procedure that makes the skin look smoother by pressure waves that penetrate the skin to smooth out the bumps and bulges caused by the cellulite.