Cellulite - Symptom, Causes & Treatment

The term cellulite originated in France more than 150 years ago and began appearing in English language publications in the late 1960s. Cellulite appear on your thighs and bottom when you grow up is the curse of many a woman's existence. Cellulite is actually a fancy name for collections of fat that push against the connective tissue beneath a person's skin, which causes the surface of the skin to dimple or pucker like the surface of an orange peel.

Cellulite is prevalent in women of all races but is more common in Caucasian females than in Asian females. There appears to be a hormonal component to its presentation. If you decide that you want to try to reduce the amount of cellulite you have, the best thing to do is to decrease excess body fat. This condition isvery rarely seen in males.

What Causes Cellulite?

Factors that influence cellulite are -

• Your genes
• your gender,
• the amount of fat on your body,
• your age, and the thickness of your skin are all associated with the amount of cellulite you have or how visible it is.

How to get rid of Cellulite by Home Remedies

Treatments like liposuction (surgery to remove fat) and mesotherapy (injection of drugs into cellulite) are either expensive or may produce only temporary improvement. Try these home remedies for cellulite -

• put your feet up! keeping legs elevated while watching tv, reading, etc.. helps in the long run get the foods/nutrients that your skin loves!
• Drinking 3 glasses a day of freshly squeezed lemons in 1 cup water and a pinch of cayenne will also melt away the cellulite.juice, onions, chlorophyll-rich foods, (highly recommend wheatgrass.. too many benefits to name!) green tea, vitamin A/Protein/amino acids etc

Home hydrotherapy For getting rid of cellulite

Half fill a bath with warm water and then add some anti-cellulite aromatherapy oil in it. Then blend well. Afterwards soak in the bath for around five minutes and then start to run warm water through your shower attachment at the highest pressure. For approximately four minutes use low fluid strokes to massage your feet, calves, thighs and hips with water, always working upwards. Repeat for another two to three minutes but this time with cold water - the colder the better!