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If you have it, you want to lose cellulite! For those lucky ones who don’t have cellulite, picture the bumpy texture of an orange peel. That is what the skin surface looks like on someone who has cellulite. It is found on the thighs, buttocks or arms of 95% of all women, fat or skinny, and a few men. Cellulite is an accumulation of fat, fluid, and toxins pushed up from beneath the skin. This accumulation hardens into elastin and collagen fibers. Cellulite can be hereditary. Other causes are lack of exercise and poor dietary habits, stress and hormones.
Cream treatments are being developed to attack these factors and hopefully lose cellulite and its visible signs. Cellulite treatments vary in type and effectiveness. Cellulite creams contain vitamins, minerals, herbs and antioxidants which tighten, smooth, and soften the skin. The vitamins and minerals in cellulite cream treatments increase the skin’s health which makes it better able to heal. Treatments that contain anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory medications reduce inflammation and increase blood flow to the skin to help lose cellulite.The positive effects of cellulite cream treatment can be enhanced by rubbing the area with a massage glove or a brush to improve circulation to the skin. Cellulite cream is beneficial in reaching the outer layer, or epidermis of the skin, helping to lose cellulite, but it is not 100% effective when used alone. Treating internally, also, effectively helps to lose cellulite. Increasing water consumption helps lose cellulite by cleansing your system and flushing out toxins. Drink less coffee and soda pop. Drink fruit juices and herbal teas instead. Make sure you get plenty of vitamin C. Exercise, walk, stretch and/or swim. Exercise will strengthen muscle which will reduce the visible signs of cellulite. Cellulite cream treatments that contain moisturizing ingredients have at least a temporary effect on the appearance of cellulite because most areas affected by cellulite are dehydrated. Use caution though, because some cellulite cream treatments actually can cause some dehydrating of the skin after prolonged use. Some types of cellulite cream will actually seem to reduce the overall size of the thigh, for instance, when in actuality it is dehydrating the area by removing wasted water accumulation. This is because cellulite cream actually contains caffeine which tightens the blood vessels. Effective cellulite treatments can improve appearance as you lose cellulite, but don’t expect an immediate or complete cure. |
