It can be pretty exasperating if you’ve lost weight but still see the identifying bumps and lumps of cellulite. It is fatty tissue, but it’s not always caused by being fat. Some people focus on spot exercises to eliminate the cellulite. It does make the cellulite less noticeable, but it’s still there. Changing your diet can help, but cellulite often occurs due to genetics, hormonal imbalances, lack of muscle tone, and a thinner outer skin layer. You may not completely be able to remove it, but you can make it less noticeable.
Cellulite is fat poking through connective tissue.
It doesn’t matter what you weigh you may experience cellulite. It occurs when fat pokes through the webbing of connective tissue. It causes the skin to rise in spots and gives a dimpled appearance. If your skin is thicker, it won’t be as noticeable. Fat location and the strength of the connective tissue also make a difference. Your hormones play a role. Men don’t have as much of a problem. That’s because hormones make their skin thicker. Men also have less body fat.
The right type of exercise can help make it less noticeable.
Exercise increases circulation, which helps flush out excess fluid that often builds where there is cellulite, making it more noticeable. Strength training can burn fat and replace it with muscle tissue. It’s another way to make it less visible. If you’re overweight, losing weight with diet alone won’t solve the problem. It might even make it easier to see. You need exercise to change fat tissue to muscle tissue.
A healthy diet helps you lose weight and prevent cellulite.
Start by eliminating food with added sugar and cut back on coffee and food with excess salt. Sugar causes inflammation that contributes to the creation of cellulite. Include food with antioxidants in your diet. They include herbs, fruits, and vegetables like mint, red beans, berries, and walnuts. Based on weight, herbs contain far more antioxidants than other types of food. Use them liberally when you cook. Include fiber in your diet, which helps control blood sugar spikes that contribute to inflammation, leading to cellulite. Increase water and reduce salt intake. Cut out coffee and increase food with collagen, like bone broth. The more collagen you have, the less prone to developing cellulite.
- There are medical treatments for cellulite, like lipomassage. It doesn’t last long and can cause skin to lose elasticity. Laser therapy takes 6 months to work and lasts a year. Shockwave therapy requires 12 treatments and lasts two to six months.
- Hormones, such as insulin, noradrenaline, estrogen, certain thyroid hormones, and prolactin, play a role in developing cellulite. Menopause slows the creation of connection tissue and causes the body to produce larger fat cells, increasing the risk.
- Self-massage may help reduce the appearance of cellulite. It increases circulation. You can use creams containing ingredients like caffeine or retinol to build up skin tissue or break down fat to further reduce the appearance.
- Smoking interferes with collagen production, leaving the body prone to cellulite. It also affects the dilation of blood vessels to hamper circulation. Stop smoking for better health and a more attractive body.
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