What is Cellulite, and How did I Get It

Cellulite — By admin on February 18, 2009 at 1:51 pm

Cellulite is a condition in which the subcutaneous fat invades the dermis layer of the skin, giving it that cottage cheese look. Cellulite is an extremely common condition that affects roughly 90% of women at sometime during their life. The condition most often affects the skin surrounding the buttocks, thighs, and abdomen. While researchers are not completely sure what causes the condition they suspect that hormones, a sedentary (non-active) lifestyle, poor diet, and age play a large part in the development of the condition.
There are many misconceptions that surround this condition, the first is that men don’t get cellulite, and the second is that only overweight or obese people develop cellulite. While cellulite is a condition that does affect women more than men, a man can develop the condition. Also, weight often seems to play a role in the development of cellulite, but this is largely because the cellulite develops because of a sedentary lifestyle and poor diet choices, which can also lead to weight gain. The fact is that cellulite can affect any body type, and quite often does affect just as many women of ideal weight.

As with so many other predominantly female gender diseases or conditions, researchers believe that more than lifestyle choices, hormonal changes have a lot to do with the development of this condition. It has been noted several times, during numerous studies, that women often develop the condition during times of serious hormonal fluctuation. This includes pregnancy, puberty, birth control use, menopause, and other hormonal conditions. The hormones affect the way that the body deals with fat and lymphatic drainage, when the hormonal balance is thrown off this delicate process gets unregulated. This in turn causes the surge of fat and lymphatic liquid into the dermis layer of the skin.

Cellulite has been plaguing women…and some men, for centuries. The good news is now, while we still can’t completely prevent it, we do have a basic idea of what causes it, and there are several products that claim to help the appearance of the unsightly condition. If proper diet and regular exercise is already a staple in your everyday life, the cause of your cellulite may be hormonal, and you may want to try these cellulite creams. If all else fails and you simply can’t stand the sight of your cellulite, there are surgical procedures that you can have done. But, you should be sure that this procedure is what you want, body modification should only be done to make YOU happy and no one else!

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