About 95 per cent of women have cellulite and before you start to hate on them (trust us, they’re completely natural and normal!), read on to find out a little more about them.
While cellulite does involve fat, they don’t appear because you are “fat”.
Cellulite is a result of the connective fibers that link your skin and muscle together. These fiber links sometimes have pockets of space in between that can sometimes hold fat.
Ladies, cellulite is so common. Some people get it on their thighs and their butts while others get them on their arms or their bellies, but we assure you, cellulite is normal and it happens to even the best of us.
According to research in the U.S, 80 to 98 per cent of women get cellulite in some areas of their body.
Remember what we said earlier on? Cellulite involves fat but it doesn’t mean you are fat.
However, if you desperately want to reduce the appearance of cellulite, work on isolation and weight training exercises. Weight training helps to strengthen the muscle and connective tissue links in the body to reduce the dimply effect of cellulite.
The one thing you need to realise is though, overall weight loss usually does not lead to the reduction of cellulite. Because, even if you’re doing overall exercises, your body can still lose weight from different portions of your body — not necessarily the parts affected by cellulite.
The scientists and researchers have spoken: Most firming creams can’t actually reduce or blast cellulite like they claim to be able to.
According to Mayo Clinic, only certain products with retinol have been proven to work.
You might think getting tanner could help reduce the look of cellulite on your skin but really, it doesn’t work.
Sun tanning will only break down the collagen bonds of your skin even further, causing cellulite to look a little more visible than usual.