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Winning the Battle Against Cellulite
How Can You Get Rid of Cellulite for Good?
By Amy Carey
Cellulite is the hated substance behind "cottage cheese thighs." It's the reason women of all ages make resolutions year after year to go to the gym, to eat fewer calories, to battle those problem areas. But what is cellulite? And more importantly, is there any way to get rid of it?
The good news: Cellulite is nothing more than fat – fat you can indeed tackle. Cellulite owes its bulging, dimply appearance to the strands of tissue that connect fat to your skin. In women, these connective strands occur in a honeycomb pattern, which allows the soft fat tissue to bulge through the connective fibers. As the fat pushes against your skin, the bulging causes the dimpled appearance we know as cellulite.
Before you run to the gym, you may be asking if there is a quick fix for those dimples. Do creams and pills work? Not according to Vin Ricciardi, certified personal trainer and owner of Total Body Shoppe in Southold, N.Y. He does not believe in cellulite reduction from cream treatments or wraps. Instead, he explains that the layer of fat underneath the skin is what needs to be attacked.
And nutritional supplement pills like Cellasene are not proven to work either, despite claims by the product's makers, Rexall Sundown. According to a Federal Trade Commission report, Cellasene's ads led consumers to believe "that a dietary supplement would reduce or eliminate cellulite," claims that were later deemed to be "unsubstantiated."
The lesson: Don't believe the info-mercials. Creams only tighten skin temporarily – if at all. Long-lasting ways to eliminate cellulite are not for sale. "Getting the muscles toned and the skin tight is the only effective way to diminish ... cellulite," Ricciardi says.
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