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Treatment

You are probably here because you have cellulite? You may be looking for various methods or ways to treat your cellulite? If that’s the case then you are in luck. This page is  the most comprehensive information page as it relates to cellulite treatments. You will learn about the various methods that are available to combat this skin condition.

We will analyze and give detailed information as it relates to the different and best anti cellulite treatment. In each analysis we will breakdown the effectiveness of each treatment along with what is the best cellulite treatment available. We will rank each treatment in terms of effectiveness and based off women’s reviews as to which one gave the best results for the amount of money spent.

Exercise

Exercise is one of the most straight forward and cheapest methods that is available to treat cellulite. If
Diet Remedies
Losing weight improves cellulite by shrinking fat cells, but special diets to boost water loss don’t work. “Dehydrating connective tissue makes skin more lax…and part of the problem with cellulite is that the skin envelope is just not tight enough,” says Young.

The same free-radical damage known to weaken skin, leading to wrinkles, also allows fat cells to push up where they don’t belong, asserts Howard Murad, MD, an associate professor of dermatology at UCLA. Countering that damage improves skin firmness, he says. To that end he has patented a supplement that combines glucosamine and omega-6, among other things. Murad details the program in his new book, The Cellulite Solution, which also claims that eating lecithin-rich foods such as soy, eggs, and spinach helps strengthen cell walls, improving the appearance of cellulite.

Pugliese thinks soy may help, too, but for a different reason: Soy contains phytoestrogens, which prevent the release of collagenase, a collagen-destroying enzyme that chews up the fibrous septae, creating ripples in the skin’s surface.

Nutritionist Elizabeth Somer, RD, author of Nutrition for Women, doesn’t buy either theory: “There is nothing special about the fat of cellulite, so there is no unique diet trick to remove it.”

Exercise Prescription
Daily cardio workouts help eliminate the calories you store as fat, and strength training boosts fat burn even more. Logic suggests that a firm foundation would make for less jiggle.

Although there are no randomized studies comparing the cellulite on exercisers with that on couch potatoes, Leslie Baumann, MD, a professor of dermatology at the University of Miami School of Medicine, says working out improved her “mild” cellulite. “I never had the guts to grade my cellulite, I just knew I did not want to wear shorts,” she says. “So I did an hour of weights on the machines and 30 to 45 minutes of cardio, three or four times a week, for 2 years. I’m two sizes smaller now, and I wear shorts!”

Pilates–which combines strengthening and stretching–has become Hollywood’s anti-cellulite workout of choice, says Lancer. “It uniformly strengthens and stretches muscles and redrapes the fascia that covers muscle like the casing on a sausage. The vertical tethers that cause dimpling are connected to the fascia, and when it stretches, the tethers stretch. Pilates is like ironing the sheets.”

The bonus: Losing some of the fat on your butt may even help your heart, if new theories about how fat tissue contributes to inflammation pan out. A recent study of 34 obese women at Wake Forest University School of Medicine found that 6 months of diet and exercise–though not diet alone–not only broke down fat in the abdomen and buttocks, but it also decreased levels of certain inflammation markers in the blood. And chronic inflammation can lead to chronic conditions like heart disease.

There’s one solution on which cellulite experts–even the FDA–agree: Losing weight will improve ripples and dimples. True, even thin women can have cellulite, but if you’re a woman who stores fat in your lower body, diet and exercise will help smooth the surface of your hips, thighs, and butt. Besides, it’s the cheapest cellulite “cure,” and you can do it yourself.

Anti-Cellulite Creams

There are countless anti-cellulite creams that are available that claim to reduce the look of cellulite on a woman’s body. The effectiveness of these creams is two fold. On one end you have women who claim that the creams work, while others who swear that they have done nothing to treat cellulite. There is nothing to confirm if they work as no conclusive study has not been performed to determine their effectiveness.

The majority of anti-cellulite creams on the market sometimes contain retinoids (vitamin A compounds). These retinoids might make your skin thicker and in turn reduce the look of cellulite on the affected region of the skin. Other ingredients in the creams sometimes are a small amount of caffeine, green tea, plant extracts, retinol, antioxidant DMAE  and aminophylline, an asthma drug, and they are touted as being able to break down fat molecules inside cells into fatty acids that can be carried away in the bloodstream. Preliminary trials did show some improvement after six weeks, but dermatologists speculate that this was probably due to temporary water loss.
Rub-On Smoothers
The newest creams combine ingredients to dilate blood vessels, break down fat, and/or firm the skin. “A good one can take half an inch off your thighs,” says Peter T. Pugliese, MD, a skin physiologist.

The creams may temporarily reduce cellulite; this is because of the hydration and the swelling of the skin. However this wont be a long term solution to the problem of cellulite.

  • Proposed Benefits: Each cream offers different claims; however the majority claim that you will see a reduction of “orange peel skin” in 4 weeks.  During this time your skin will tighten and the look of dimpled skin is reduced.
  • Time investment: 5 minutes once or twice a day. 3-4 weeks.
  • Cost: $10 to $50 a jar or tube
  • Effects last: 24 hours with cumulative effects; don’t skip an application.
  • Expert opinion: “The benefits are temporary and the changes are subtle,” says Leslie Baumann, MD.

Roller-Suction Massage

Some treatments promise to squeeze out the fat, but you should be cautious about this procedure before you spend hundreds of dollars on it.
The manufacturer of the roller-suction massage device claims this treatment creates a smoother appearance by stretching and relaxing the connective tissue that pulls on skin and makes little indentations appear. The Food and Drug Administration has agreed that it can be temporarily effective, but dermatologists say that’s because the vigorous kneading leads to swelling in the tissues that masks the dimpling.
In the roller-suction treatment, a technician kneads and massages your flesh with an electric device that sucks the skin between two rollers. If you schedule a session, you’ll be asked to wear nylon stockings to decrease the friction.
Six to eight treatments are recommended at about $100 a pop, with regular followup sessions required to maintain results.

Liposuction

Body Wrapping

Endermologie

Cellasene

Laser Treatment

lipo-dissolve

MesoTherapy

Small amounts of homeopathic medicine are injected immediately beneath the surface of the skin to break down the cellulite and to improve circulation and lymphatic and venous drainage. Currently, there are no peer-reviewed articles or scientific studies to back up claims that mesotherapy improves the appearance of cellulite