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What is Cellulite?
| How Endermologie Works | Frequently
Asked Questions |
Cellulite is the appearance of an unattractive dimpled skin or “dimpled
fat” on the outer thighs, buttocks and other body areas where large areas of fat are
found in close proximity to the skin. Women are more affected by cellulite formation than
men, especially on the thighs. Cellulite formations start in puberty in women as
hormones change. Most women overage 18 have some degree of cellulite. In men,
loose fat on the hips (love-handles), chest (pectoral) area and the thighs can resemble
cellulite.
A person does not have to be overweight to develop this dimpled skin called cellulite and cellulite is not always reduced by weight loss.
The scientific theory of cellulite is that the skin's underlying supports called fibrous septae do not hold the skin together evenly and this uneven support causes the in the irregular bulging and dimples. The skin is tethered down by string-like tissues that pull it inward, toward the interior of the body. The tension of these strings pulls sections of fat in along with them. Cellulite has been compared to the dimples in a mattress that are caused by the strings that hold the “tucks” down.