Cellulite Reduction Treatments

Cellulite a Problem?

Visual Impact Can Help Suddenly Slender Body Wraps and Spa Capsule Treatments can help reduce the appearance of cellulite, however. Visual Impact also offers specialized treatments to further help with the problem.

What is Cellulite?

Cellulite refers to the dimpled or orange-peel appearance on the thighs, buttocks, hips, knees, back of the arm, armpit and chest area. Cellulite is more sensitive than normal skin and can feel cold to the touch. It may also appear whiter than the rest of the skin.

Hard cellulite, which is found in active women such as dancers or athletes, is the hardest to reduce because it attaches to the muscle.

Soft cellulite, on the other hand, is more noticeable but easier to temporarily reduce.

How Do You Develop Cellulite?

The skin sends down anchoring connective tissue to the muscle. In between this connective tissue and muscle are fat deposits. When the fat deposits become hard and large, they push against the connective tissue and stretch it, which thereby creates the outward appearance of lumps and bumps. This can be caused by a number of things, including poor circulation, lack of exercise, poor lymph system drainage, food allergies, eating foods high in preservatives, yo-yo dieting, chronic overexposure to sun, lack of water, type of lotion you put on your body, genetics, pregnancy, aging, smoking, tension and stress, & medication.

Who Gets Cellulite?

Primarily women develop cellulite because their connective tissue is composed of X-shaped bands. These bands bind the skin to deeper tissues such as fascia or muscle. The part that is attached to the skin traps the fat, and the fat ends up pushing up on the skin, creating the lump and bump effect.

Most cellulite develops in girls around the age of 14 and increases through the years due to the thinning and redistribution of the subcutaneous skin.

Men, on the other hand, rarely develop cellulite because their connective tissue is perpendicular, which doesn’t allow fat to be trapped. Men also have a tougher dermis which heeds the collection of fat buildup.

Example of healthy connective tissue.

Example of connective tissue that has been shrunk by cellulite, producing the lumps and bumps in the body and skin surface.