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Today we are opening a new section of the site dedicated to women's issues associated with cellulite. Medical workers The disease is called lipodystrophy. Skin defects must be eliminated at any stage. But the solution is not always simple or easy.
From this article you will learn why a skin blemish appears, where it is most often “located” on the body, and what stages the disease goes through. We will also talk about existing methods struggle.
Know: hopeless situations does not happen, and any problem can be easily solved if you make every effort and have a strong desire.
By the common and not entirely correct term cellulite, doctors mean gynoid lipodystrophy (meaning a malnutrition of adipose tissue).
Fat cells are present under the human skin. The disease develops at any age, but by an amazing whim of nature, only women who have reached puberty are susceptible to it.
Deposits of fat reserves or its degeneration
Latest medical research proved:
Cellulite is a protracted disease, serious enough to ignore its presence, not to take steps to eliminate it, slowly developing, but quite amenable to long-term treatment.
The main reason for the development of cellulite is the characteristic structure of the skin in women. It is thinner, more elastic than in men, and stretches during gestation.
Collagen fibers running through its thickness are arranged in honeycomb cells in risk areas. In other places they are simply intertwined with fabric.
Metabolic disorders in lipid tissue provoke tension in the connective structures, creating an obstacle to the removal of water and fat from the depot.
Larger fat reserves than in men, surrounded by fibrous formations, as the disease progresses, become confined in a limited space, preventing the normal outflow of fluid from the tissue.
Swelling always accompanies cellulite: water is unable to leave the intercellular space. Along with it, decay products stop being removed from the cells, leading to their disruption internal composition, sticking together into clusters.
Hardened accumulations, located in “cocoons” of coarsened fibers that have lost their elasticity, appear through the epidermis, giving the skin surface a characteristic appearance.
Who has it?
People suffering from the presence of " orange peel” on the skin, they wonder if everyone has a flaw? Experts in this field say: the problem is quite common, affecting almost 90% of women.
There is no clear answer to the question of how many years deposits appear. The situation takes shape during puberty.
Some women experience the appearance of subcutaneous fat reserves during pregnancy and after childbirth. The most correct statement is considered to be: cellulite appears against the background of hormonal surges.
There is another reason for the problem - playing with weight. Experts are unanimous in their opinion: roughening of the skin occurs in women with a sharp change in body weight.
IN Lately the problem of teenage deposits manifests itself. In addition to puberty, their causes include an inactive lifestyle, poor diet, and bad habits. Girls who smoke and drink alcohol are at risk of developing the disease.
Bad habits, lack of physical activity, poor nutrition provoke cellulite in women at any age.
There is a widespread belief: overweight women suffer from deposits much more often than thin women. But the development of skin roughening does not depend on the complexion of its owner. Quite often there are overweight women with smooth, elastic skin, thin girls with folds on the stomach, buttocks, and thighs.
Causes
Let's once again list the main reasons for the appearance of cellulite:
- Sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work;
- Poor nutrition, frequent diets;
- Chronic stress, fatigue and depression;
- Hormonal imbalance in the body and increased estrogen in the blood;
- Operational disruptions endocrine system, in particular the thyroid gland;
- Low protein levels in the blood;
- Influence of heredity;
- Bad habits.
All of the above negatively affects the processes occurring in our body and leads to the formation of subcutaneous fat deposits and roughening of the skin.
Stages of development
Often the reason for failures in the fight against a defect is an incorrect understanding of the nature of the pathology and the factors leading to its development, as well as the desire to solve the problem quickly - in the most short time. Let's consider the process of development of the disease, determine the stages of development of the problem.
Cellulite has 4 stages. Let us immediately draw your attention: there are not only different stages of development, but also various shapes diseases: hard, edematous and flaccid.
First stage
External manifestations
The first stage is the most harmless. On initial stage the notorious “orange peel” is not observed, but skin changes are already noticeable to the naked eye.
Observed:
- Decreased skin elasticity (mainly in the thigh area);
- Increased volume of the hips and buttocks due to swelling of these areas;
- The appearance of bruises with minimal impact;
- Microscopic hemorrhages.
Ways to fight
The first stage is the time to sound the alarm. It’s easy to eliminate symptoms and fight fat reserves under the skin - change your diet, eliminate bad habits, go in for fitness, have a massage course (you can do the simplest anti-cellulite massage at home yourself with a roller massager).
Second stage
External manifestations
The second stage is characterized by the formation of seals on the skin, which can be felt and seen with the naked eye. Seals consist of fatty deposits, fluid that is retained and not removed from the body.
Due to fluid pressure in problem areas, lymph and blood flow decreases. Women's skin does not receive sufficient cellular nutrition and becomes flabby. Say no to fat reserves.
Ways to fight
The second stage is the state of the onset of the disease. To study the symptoms of the disease, it is necessary to conduct a hormonal study. When the hormonal component of the disease is excluded:
- adjust your diet;
- eliminate bad habits;
- increase physical activity;
- visit a massage parlor;
- carry out special cosmetic procedures.
Third stage
External manifestations
Cellulite of the third stage is the same “orange peel”, perfectly visible to the naked eye. Signs develop:
- Pinched nerves and decreased sensitivity;
- Defeat muscle tissue, coarsening and loss of elasticity;
- Inability of muscles to contract;
- Skin roughening.
Ways to fight
At the third stage, it is impossible to do without the support of specialists. Diet food, physical exercise is necessary in the first and second stages to combat fat reserves, but the fundamental solution to the issue lies in a massage that improves lymph flow, for example, manual or hardware anti-cellulite massage.
New cosmetology techniques offer us the most effective ways to combat cellulite, they are less painful and more effective - ultrasound, lipolipolysis, electrolipolysis, and other electrical procedures. Don't forget about body wraps, masks, sauna, and other amenities for you and your skin.
Fourth stage
External manifestations
Stage four disease is a fairly serious pathology. The fourth stage is characterized by large-scale damage to the skin and muscle tissue.
The skin against the background of the lesion resembles a sponge - it is dotted with tubercles and depressions, sometimes has swellings. Reduced blood flow gives the skin a bluish color, and it feels hard and cold to the touch.
Ways to fight
Disease last stage looks very unattractive from an aesthetic point of view: there is also a danger of necrotic processes in the tissues. Cellulite should be treated with medication in a specialized institution.
“Living healthy” - Malysheva about cellulite
General principles of deliverance
There are dozens of available medical, cosmetic, alternative ways getting rid of cellulite: some are really effective, others solve the problem only temporarily.
Let's consider methods of dealing with a defect in the house.
Massage
Is it possible to remove deposits with a massage? Yes, when the pathology has not reached a critical stage. The massage is designed to eliminate congestion in problem areas of the body; it is not general, but targeted, local in nature. Goals of anti-cellulite manual therapy:
- Normalization of blood flow, circulation of lymphatic fluid;
- Improvements metabolic processes;
- Stimulation of the destruction of lactic acid in tissues;
- Stimulation of muscle tissue.
Manual and hardware massage will not eliminate the defect completely, but will significantly improve appearance problem area.
Wraps
Anti-cellulite wrap with healing masks creates the effect of visiting a sauna without unnecessary temperature exposure.
The wrap enhances the effect of active anti-cellulite agents and helps remove excess fluid and toxins through the pores.
The most effective anti-cellulite wrap is done using blue clay. The visible effect will be from seaweed wraps made from dry live kelp.
Exercises
Sustainable results in the struggle for an ideal body are impossible without fitness and gymnastics. Effective exercises will provide support for muscles, skin, and the body in constant tone, and specially selected complexes will help normalize metabolic processes and increase the circulation of fluids.
Remedies stagnation in the gym, an experienced fitness instructor knows best, physical therapy. By contacting a specialist, you will quickly achieve your goal.
Other ways, such as diet
There are many ways to defeat deposits and make them less pronounced. There are special techniques performed in salons: mesotherapy, ultrasound therapy, and others.
I will offer procedures, after reading which you will learn methods for eliminating congestion in a bathhouse, swimming pool, and getting rid of “orange peel” with honey or coffee. I will remind you from the pages of my blog about treatment methods.
Don't forget about one promising thing, effective way fight - diet therapy. By removing excess foods from your diet - salty, fatty foods, fast food, soda, and other "fast carbohydrates" - you will painlessly and quickly normalize your metabolism.
Ensure constant presence on the table fresh vegetables, berries, fruits, wholemeal flour products, dietary meats and fish.
Don't forget about adequate fluid intake: pure water, herbal decoctions, green tea remove toxins and help break down excess fat.
Hardware technologies
In beauty salons, undergo physiological procedures to get rid of the “orange peel”. Approach the hardware method of treatment with caution: it has contraindications. Do not resort to physiological procedures for diseases of the pelvic organs, pathologies of blood vessels and skin.
Varieties of manipulations to eliminate “orange peel”:
- Vacuum massage. During the procedure, rarefied air affects fatty tissue, loosening the contents of fat cells. Fat is broken down, with increased lymph and blood flow it is converted into energy, and weight loss occurs. Thanks to the process, the cells are saturated with oxygen and smoothed out. skin.
- Endermology. Manipulations require dressing a person in a special suit. The subcutaneous tissue is affected by vacuum and vibrations. There is a rush of blood, special rollers capture and knead the tissue. The procedure is safe and does not cause negative sensations. After treatment, swelling disappears, the skin tightens and becomes elastic.
- Electrolipolysis. Thanks to the process of influencing problem areas with alternating electric current, an electromagnetic field is created. Under the influence of electrical procedures they split fat cells, leading to weight loss. The result is obtained after 15-20 electrical procedures over 2-3 months.
- Pressotherapy. On lymphatic system the influence of compressed air occurs. The muscles contract intensively, warm up, metabolic processes increase, blood circulation and lymphatic drainage improve. Excess fluid and waste are removed from the body.
- Electrical stimulation. Impact on the skin with short electrical impulses. The electrical procedure breaks down fatty deposits and removes them with lymph. Electrical stimulation makes it possible to train muscles without straining.
- Mesotherapy. Injection of a complex of drugs to break down fat deposits. Per week, 1 procedure is performed. The course of treatment with this process is 2 months. Thanks to manipulation, it is possible to fight old cellulite.
- Ultrasound methods. Ultrasound is applied to tissues. It breaks up the adhesions between fat cells. The structure of collagen fibers is normalized.
A beautiful body is the dream of every girl
Due to the peculiarities of physiology, subcutaneous fat deposits mainly affect the female part of the population - that half of humanity that cares about the beauty of the body.
A pronounced flaw does not allow you to wear erotic lace lingerie, spoils the pleasure of visiting the beach or pool, and forces you to wear closed clothes.
Effective methods of struggle will allow women to gain internal and external freedom, restore lost inner harmony. The best way for ladies - practice combination therapy without allowing yourself to relax.
Prevention
Think about prevention with two main points:
- physical exercises, anti-cellulite programs;
- proper nutrition.
The decision to sharply reduce the amount of food consumed will not help find a way out of the situation. Additionally, it is better to add foods containing monosaturated fats and whole grains to your diet.
Please note: excessive love for diets will not make any difference in the treatment of cellulite on the stomach, and will even have the opposite effect. It is constant changes in diet that lead to an increase in fat mass. You made a decision - stick to it constantly.
Predisposition and first manifestations
But don’t panic, don’t give up because of problems with your body. Over time, you will learn to analyze the mistakes that lead to illness. Find out ways to deal with problem skin, making maximum use of the information received in the future.
There are no subcutaneous fat deposits, but there is a fear that they may appear? Listen to medical experts:
- If you are an athlete, don’t suddenly quit playing sports.
- Don't eat fast food, reduce your consumption of sweets.
- Don't smoke, reduce your alcohol consumption.
- Exercise and strengthen your thigh muscles.
- Use body scrubs and a hard washcloth when taking baths.
- Visit saunas, get a massage if possible.
What to do: treatment or fight
Most women understand: ladies are prone to obesity and the appearance of fat folds. Everyone wants to get rid of the disease, but they do not know how to achieve results at home.
The procedures and treatment methods offered by medical centers and spas are effective, but very expensive. Even financial resources do not guarantee every girl the required amount of time.
Are you familiar with the situation, are you desperate to get rid of cellulite? Do not worry. You can fight it at home, in a familiar, comfortable environment. They say that walls at home help.
Therefore, my dears, be patient, remember: don’t be lazy, look for the reasons, eradicate them, remove the consequences, achieve great results. Follow the recommendations from the blog pages and you will see: over time you will defeat the disease.
Where does it appear?
Getting rid of subcutaneous deposits has some specific features depending on the location of stagnation on your body. Let's consider the question in more detail.
On the thighs and buttocks
Causes
A defect on the back of the thigh occurs when connective tissue a metabolic disorder occurs - lymph stagnates, blood flow begins to weaken.
The reasons for the imbalance are here:
- Sedentary work;
- Poor nutrition;
- Hormonal disorders;
- High heels and tight clothes;
- Insufficient blood circulation in the lower extremities;
- The habit of sitting with crossed legs.
How to get rid
To defeat fat on the hips and buttocks, experts recommend excluding fatty meats, sausages, sweets, salty foods, alcohol, tea, and limiting coffee from your diet. A prerequisite is to drink at least one and a half liters of water per day.
On the legs (shins)
Often a problem on the hips goes along with flaws on the lower legs. Check your feet periodically.
Causes
The appearance of an imbalance of fat metabolism in the legs is due to changes in the subcutaneous fat tissue. The main factors in the development of problems on the legs include:
- hereditary predisposition;
- hormonal factor; poor nutrition;
- dysfunction of the thyroid gland;
- frequent drinking and smoking.
To remove even a terrible blemish on your legs, solve the problem of its occurrence - start using the right products, quit bad habits.
How to get rid
Strengthen your leg muscles, improve blood circulation, normalize skin tone: there are many effective ways in the world.
One of the best is physical exercise that helps strengthen muscle mass, destruction of fat deposits.
Exercise options:
- leg lifts from a lying position on the back and stomach;
- swings (known as "scissors");
- squats, which are best done with 2-4 kilogram dumbbells;
- leg lunges to the side from a standing position.
Homemade, salon wraps are quite effective, helping to improve blood flow in problem areas. I have already talked about the types of wraps and anti-cellulite masks on the blog pages.
On the stomach
Causes
A popular place for fat to accumulate is the abdomen. Folds on the stomach upset the fair sex no less than other health and beauty problems.
Most often we see unpleasant changes on the stomach after childbirth, especially when there are two or three children and they are the same age.
How to get rid
Remove folds on the abdomen physical exercise, aimed at the abs, massage, self-massage.
Do an anti-cellulite wrap, then use a hard washcloth to circular movements clockwise on the stomach.
On hands
Deposits can form in almost any area where fat accumulates on the body. On the legs and waist, flaws are hidden under clothing, but on the arms they will significantly spoil the idea of beauty.
Helps treat hand blemishes A complex approach including massage, diet, anti-cellulite wraps, essential oils, mesotherapy, etc.
The most effective physical exercises are push-ups and pull-ups.
Everything can be changed if there is a desire...
Girls! Follow the simple rules for preventing cellulite, and the beach will become your favorite place where you are not ashamed to appear. Implement a set of anti-cellulite measures, and your dreams of elastic, smooth skin will come true.
In the near future we will hold several consultation conversations covering the topics. We will learn how to select suitable components and make masks at home.
And now I say goodbye to you. I look forward to your feedback, questions and suggestions. Share this article with your friends on in social networks. Bye everyone.
An effective fight against cellulite is only possible when you correctly determine its stage. We decided to talk about this with medical experts and find out what signs can be used to identify the “neglectedness” of the case and how to treat the “orange peel”.
Physiotherapist at the aesthetic medicine clinic “Premium Aesthetics”
1st stage of cellulite
The first stage is characterized by some tension and swelling of the tissues, which is associated with fluid stagnation. Visually, the skin is smooth, without a pronounced vascular pattern. You can return to normal at this stage quite quickly by correcting hormonal levels, physical activity, and normalizing your diet. In principle, with a stretch, we can say that for many women this stage can be called the “physiological norm.”
What to do
At the first stage of the “orange peel” you do not yet need special procedures. Home remedies can also help: creams, self-massage, a special washcloth. It is necessary to remember that proper nutrition, maintaining a water-salt balance (the notorious 2 liters of water per day!) and regular physical activity really work, cellulite will go away after a couple of months of this lifestyle!
Popular
You can also use anti-cellulite cream. It should be noted that the components that make up such products do not penetrate into the deeper layers of the skin. They only work on its surface. What can you achieve with their help? Improve skin tone, increase its elasticity and moisture. If you combine these products with a professional massage, you can achieve penetration of some ingredients a little deeper, which means the fight against cellulite will become more effective.
2nd stage
The second stage of cellulite is formed due to the fact that the drainage systems (venous and lymphatic) do not have time to remove excess fluid from the body. Interstitial pressure increases, venous and lymphatic capillaries are compressed, which leads to impaired transport of nutrients to skin cells and subcutaneous fat. Due to tissue acidification and lack of oxygen, the structure of the intercellular fluid changes, it becomes gel-like or jelly-like, the connective tissue grows, and when the skin folds, we see bumpy skin, that same “orange peel”.
What to do
Firstly, there is no need to panic: the second stage is quite easy to treat. For these purposes, you can use cosmetics, massage (in particular, lymphatic drainage), pressotherapy and other hardware techniques.
- Wet wraps based on cosmetics with seaweed
- Vacuum roller massage using the STARVAK device
- Pressotherapy is lymphatic drainage massage.
3rd stage
The third stage is formed as the second stage progresses, swelling increases, adipose tissue grows. Skin areas appear with low temperature due to impaired microcirculation, unevenness and lumpiness of the skin is clearly visible, and the venous pattern is pronounced. At this stage, serious hardware methods will be required, since it is very difficult to remove overgrown nodules.
What to do
At this stage, in addition to the methods proposed above (for the second stage), you can also do myostimulation procedures, for example, Bodyter. During the procedure, electrodes are applied to problem areas, and under the influence of a light electric current, the process of lipolysis inside the cells is started (felt as a slight tingling sensation). Fats from the cells enter the lymphatic channel, where they are delivered with a lymph current to the muscles, which contract under the influence of an electric current of a different frequency.
In other words, those who came out fatty acid are immediately burned in the muscles. Essentially, the procedure imitates human work in gym. At the same time, weak infrared heating occurs, the patient loses a lot of water. As a result, volumes decrease very quickly. In 8 sessions you can lose up to 10-15 cm. The procedure itself is a course, it is recommended to do it 2 times a week 8-10 times.
4th stage
We are almost 100% sure that this does not concern you, but for general development We'll tell you anyway!
So, the fourth stage is characterized by significant tissue swelling, a pronounced local decrease in skin temperature, hypersensitivity and pain, larger nodules of fat cells are palpable and clearly visible. The skin may have a pale bluish tint. In especially severe cases, surgical treatment is required.
What to do
Most often, at such an “advanced” stage of cellulite, liposuction is recommended. This is a serious surgical intervention that must be approached with the utmost seriousness.
Previously, it was not possible to completely eliminate cellulite at stages 3–4 using liposuction. There were no devices that would allow you to get close to the skin and work in upper layers subcutaneous fat. Now there are such devices, in particular the Vaser ultrasound device.
If a woman is overweight, then you can combine liposuction and cellulite correction. However, I still advise most of my patients to lose weight first until the weight stabilizes. Afterwards you can schedule an operation.
plastic surgeon, professor of the department plastic surgery RUDN University
Before ultrasonic liposuction you need to be tested for infections (HIV, hepatitis and syphilis), general analysis blood and general urine analysis, ECG. The operation itself is performed under local anesthesia. If large areas are being treated, venous anesthesia is added. After the operation, you can go home immediately, or you can stay for a day under observation in the hospital.
Stages of cellulite development. Cellulite in early and late stages development.
Cellulite does not “come” alone. This is probably why it is difficult to fight him. Cellulite contains four stages.
Cellulite of the first stage, 2,3,4. Fight cellulite.
Cellulite - stage first(1 ): swelling. It's practically invisible. The woman thinks that she has just gained a little weight. The next thought: “I need to eat less” led her to put on her favorite outfit and make sure that she still “fits into it.” The skin remained smooth and even, without any damage. The familiar “orange peel” has not yet appeared at this stage, despite the fact that the process of cellulite development has already begun in the body. It is quite easy to get rid of the swelling stage.
- Pressotherapy. This is mechanical lymphatic drainage (active). The lymphatic system begins to be affected by (compressed) air. It is fed through special cuffs. Air pressure is dosed using a computer.
- Sauna using a brush (massage). With its help it is necessary to expel toxins from the body.
- Sport. It is at this stage of cellulite development that sports can do wonders.
Cellulite - stage second (2 ): swelling of a more severe degree. Venous system no longer able to cope with the fluid that needs to be removed from female body. As a result, “intratissue” pressure increases significantly. There is so much fluid that it tightly compresses the veins. There is no more opportunity for outflow. Fat deposits become denser because the tissue is already in a very tense state, and the swelling has increased greatly. To understand that cellulite has “moved” to the next stage, you just need to touch your hips, buttocks, legs (any of the places that cellulite “chooses”). If the skin of these areas of the body is “tangibly” thickened, your “enemy” moves on.
Fighting cellulite of the second (2) stage. In this case, we “get rid” of cellulite deposits in the following ways:
- Increased stress (physical).
- More lymphatic drainage sessions (three to four).
- Don't stop applying anti-cellulite creams.
- Frequent visits to the sauna.
Cellulite - stage third (3 ): micronadular. At this stage, the fluid compresses the arteries, which are responsible for supplying oxygen to the tissues. The connective tissue now looks different: it begins to resemble veins white, which are clearly visible in the piece of meat. The micronadular stage “provides the opportunity” to look at the “orange peel”. It appears when the skin is folded. In general, you can conduct a simple experiment to understand whether a woman has a micronadular stage. Let's do a test (thermal). Cross your hands like a cross. Use your palms (the backs of your hands) to check the temperature of your skin. It is best to find someone to help you. What's the point? In those places where cellulite has a “pronounced” degree of neglect, the temperature is slightly lower than in other parts of the body (despite the “slightly” difference, you can feel the difference). You can feel the presence of “three-stage” cellulite by doing the following. Pinch the skin very tightly with two fingers (firmly, but slowly and gently). Hold the skin in a “detained” state for several seconds. After this time, suddenly release her. If you feel even the slightest pain, then cellulite is “thriving.”
Fighting cellulite of the third (3) stage. At this stage, cellulite is difficult to treat. Why? The reason is in the connective tissue. One side of this tissue is attached to the skin, the other to the muscle. In this regard, when, in soft places, the skin is subject to movement (that part of the skin that does not touch the previously mentioned tissue), the skin is quite easily able to move. Where there is even a small scar, it is much more difficult for the skin to “move.” So the “orange peel” “reminds” itself.
Losing weight, at this stage, is simply a “catastrophe”, since all parts of the body “reduce”, excluding those that are “kidnapped” by cellulite. If it practically does not “submit” to treatment, then it is necessary (and necessary) to “break it up”. What procedures “can” do this? The best quality is the ultrasonic method and electrolipolysis. It is better to exclude the force method, since with its “effectiveness” it risks damaging (severing) nerve endings and veins (capillary). Lymphatic drainage is useless, therefore, no matter how much the salon workers praise it, do not “buy” the words. Your rough skin, which cannot be called smooth and pleasant, will definitely remind you that you shouldn’t do this. And uneven skin can generally be frustrating... The third stage of cellulite is a nuisance that is seen by the eyes and felt by the whole body.
Cellulite - stage fourth (4 ): macronadular. The skin in areas of “cellulite slavery” has a bluish tint and a cool (even cold) temperature. If we do the “pinch test”, we will find that cellulite causes unpleasant and painful sensations. Actually, this state of affairs means that pathology has “set in.”
Fighting cellulite of the fourth (4) stage. There is no need to try diets: they are powerless. Their effectiveness only makes sense in the first three stages. You can also leave the sauna alone, since it won’t do anything here either. You can enjoy it for pleasure, but you will not scare cellulite with this method. Any cream is also sheer uselessness. You don’t have to buy the cream, otherwise you’ll have to put it on a shelf and admire the cream tube. Not everything is so hopeless. At the final stage of salvation - liposuction (lipoaspiration). You most likely know that this is the removal of subcutaneous fat through surgery.
It's sad to have cellulite. And it’s even sadder to know that he has more than one stage. You even feel uneasy because you live and don’t always know that somewhere, deep under the skin, the so-called “orange peel” begins to “reign”, which, at first glance, seems so harmless and helpless . The most annoying thing is that not all women are aware that in the third and fourth stages, methods of combating cellulite weaken, and those that helped a lot at the beginning now have absolutely no power. Unhappy women “try on” an incredible number of different diets, spend huge amounts of money on gels, creams and massagers, waste their precious time in salons…. And cellulite “celebrates victory.”
Let's not relax!
Physiologists treat cellulite as a secondary sexual characteristic. Doctors consider cellulite a cosmetic defect, which can be combated if desired (with the exception of pronounced cellulite III-IV stages). And salons vying with each other to offer a whole list of anti-cellulite procedures that get rid of this hated “orange peel” and this disgusting “breeches”.
How can you figure out which procedures and medications are indicated for you personally? The best option is to consult a cosmetologist. But before you visit a doctor, decide whether you have indications for this. If you decide that you have cellulite, first of all analyze your lifestyle and your diet, change them according to the recommendations, and maybe that will be enough. You may need to add a method of cleansing the body of toxins, for example, a diet based on fresh fruits and vegetable juices; sometimes it is enough to “sit” on such a diet for 2-3 days for the body’s self-cleaning mechanism to start.
Cellulite develops in stages; in modern cosmetology, it is customary to distinguish four stages of cellulite.
First stage cellulite: swelling
At this stage, cellulite cannot be seen; the woman has gained a little weight, but the skin remains even and smooth; There is no “orange peel” yet, but the process of fluid retention has already begun in the body according to the following scenario: having processed nutrients, fat cells form waste products, releasing them into the intercellular fluid. When there are too many of them, they excessively compress the lymphatic vessels, due to which 60-70% of the fluid they are responsible for pumping out is retained in the body. But still 30-40% of the fluid is excreted by the venous system.
At this stage, getting rid of cellulite is quite simple: you need to actively remove fluid from the body (become physically active, go to the sauna, take a course of lymphatic drainage in a beauty salon). Lymphatic drainage can be manual, electric or vacuum.
It is possible to get rid of cellulite with the help of pressotherapy, during which air is pumped into the special corsets worn, which causes a pressure difference that “expels” excess fluid from the body.
It's time to actively use anti-cellulite creams, which are applied with light massaging movements, which is the easiest lymphatic drainage.
Anti-cellulite creams and muds are often used using modified thalassotherapy techniques - in the classic form, this is the complex effect of the marine environment (climate, water, mud, algae and other substances extracted from the sea). One of the modifications is the use of anti-cellulite creams and mud using the cold and hot wrapping method: the drug is applied to the body, evenly distributed over problem areas, after which the body is wrapped in a special film. After 1-1.5 hours, the wrap is removed, the remaining cream or dirt is removed.
Second stage cellulite: more swelling
The venous system can no longer cope with removing the required amount of fluid; fluid accumulates and compresses the veins, thereby eliminating last chance for outflow; fat deposits become dense because swelling has increased and the tissue has become tense.
To make a correct diagnosis at this stage, you just need to touch the problem areas: if the thighs or buttocks become thicker, it means that cellulite has entered the second stage.
Treatment needs to be intensified: lymphatic drainage – 3-4 times a week, increase physical activity and the frequency of sauna visits, do not stop using anti-cellulite creams.
Third stage cellulite (micronadular)
If the first two stages go unnoticed, cellulite smoothly passes into the third stage: the fluid begins to compress the arteries, impairing the supply of oxygen to the tissues, and connective tissue begins to develop in the form of a mesh, similar to a honeycomb. If you gather the skin into a fold, you will see an “orange peel”.
One of the diagnostic methods is the pinch symptom: slowly and gently but firmly pinch the skin in the problem area with two fingers, hold it a little, and then quickly release it; if no painful sensations occur, then the pinch symptom is negative and the nerve endings are preserved.
Treating cellulite at this stage is problematic due to the formed connective tissue, which is attached to both the muscle and the skin. In unchanged areas, the skin remains soft and moves freely, but where connective tissue has developed, i.e., a scar has formed, it does not. This is what manifests itself as the notorious “orange peel.”
Lymphatic drainage is no longer useful; at this stage, cellulite must be “broken.”
Among the civilized methods, the popular method is lipolysis (or electrolipolysis, lipolipolysis, cellulolipolysis): a procedure using electrodes (stick-on or in the form of needles) through which an alternating current is passed, causing ions to move throughout the cell. Toxins are removed from the cell, resulting in fat that becomes “fluid.” During lipolysis, fat cells are emptied, their volume and total fat mass decrease.
Let us also use another popular method of cellulite treatment - ultrasound, when ultrasound gently crushes fat without affecting the cell.
Stage four(macronadular)
Around the fine mesh of connective tissue, another, larger one appears. Cellulite becomes clearly visible. The skin of the damaged areas is cold and bluish. The symptom of a pinch is positive, i.e. the nerve endings are affected, which is manifested by pain.
At this stage, cellulite is already typical disease(unlike the first three stages). Now professional procedures are needed to treat it; lymphatic drainage, diets, sauna and creams are useless here.
Liposuction (lipoaspiration) can help - quite serious surgery performed under anesthesia: special hollow needles are inserted into the subcutaneous tissue, destroying fat, which is then sucked out through the needle. Healing after this operation is a long and quite painful process, but the result is radical: the removed fat deposits disappear forever.
Based on materials from likar.info and apelsinkam.net
Continuation
Even more subtle research methods, used only in scientific laboratories, have made it possible to find out how the body’s cells and, in particular, fat cells, which control the formation of subcutaneous adipose tissue in which cellulite develops, function under certain conditions.
We now know that the distribution of fat-storing and fat-removing receptors on the cell surface determines where fat is deposited on our body and that the nature of fat deposits depends on a person’s gender. In men, fat-storing receptors are concentrated in the abdomen and intestines, while in women, most of them are located on the buttocks, thighs and knees. The reason for this is probably a hormonal or genetic factor, but most likely depends on a combination of both.
If you decide to eat right, exercise regularly, monitor stressful situations and take care of your body, then this is the best thing you can do for your body.
How you want to look at yourself in the mirror and be satisfied with yourself. But, unfortunately, this is not always the case. Everyone knows well medical definition“obesity”, and we readily use it, often without suspecting that another disease is occurring. Obesity is the excess deposition of fat in subcutaneous tissue, omentum and other tissues due to overeating, a sedentary lifestyle, some endocrine diseases, while cellulite is a violation of water-fat metabolism.
The name does not reflect the essence of the disease; there is a more complex and informative medical term.
Cellulite is not just the accumulation of fatty tissue on the muscles, but inflammatory process and degenerative phenomena in adipose tissue.
I would like to note that at every age, cellulite has a number of characteristics, and this must be taken into account by each individual during treatment. The reasons leading to this disease are different for all of us, but they have general consequences: cause a violation of the relationship between the volume of blood circulating in the vessels and the volume of fluid in the interstitial space. Water metabolism in the body is very intense and amounts to up to 4000 liters per day: if it is disrupted, this can lead to significant water retention in the body.
Both men and women suffering from edema, regardless of where the swelling is: on the arms, legs, eyelids, face, are more prone to the formation of cellulite.
Cellulite can occur at any age. There have been cases of its occurrence even in children.
To processes water-salt metabolism influences the composition of the products consumed. Therefore, if you experience swelling, remember these products. Salty and fatty food- pork, sauces, sausages, smoked meats, fried potatoes, pickles, as well as chocolate, bread, and alcohol make it difficult for the liver, the main detoxification mechanism of the body. During normal liver function, harmful substances are neutralized and removed from the body, but if the load is very high, toxins can enter the bloodstream. Some of them are retained in the interstitial fluid, creating the basis for the formation of cellulite.
Causes of cellulite
Let's look at the reasons causing cellulite.
This is bad nutrition hormonal disorders, sedentary lifestyle, wearing high-heeled shoes, wearing constrictive clothing. All this leads to the same result: directly or indirectly causes fluid retention (edema).
Hormonal imbalances are considered an important cause of cellulite. This disease is characteristic almost exclusively of women and is associated with an increase in estrogen levels in the body. During pregnancy, hormone levels increase and return to normal around the third day after birth. Estrogens cause muscle relaxation, which affects vascular permeability and leads to an increase in the release of fluid into the interstitial space.
A sedentary lifestyle causes most cases of cellulite development in early age, since, without providing the muscles with sufficient load, a person does not use important mechanisms of pressure on venous vessels, providing active assistance in returning blood to the heart. The blood flow slows down, the liquid part of the blood penetrates the tissues and lingers there. The resulting swelling slows down the blood flow even more, etc. So, another important aspect is the load on the muscles.
Remember, the causes of cellulite have a common basis - disruption of normal water metabolism in tissues.
On different stages development of the disease, various forms of its manifestation can be distinguished.
When, due to the processes already described, fluid enters the interstitial space, the latter increases in volume, swelling occurs, and body weight increases. This is not cellulite yet, but fertile ground for its appearance. If you have swelling, this should not be ignored. It is necessary to first determine the cause of swelling and then treat yourself. Just realize that edema impedes the supply of oxygen to tissues, its deficiency increases, and therefore substances that should not normally exist begin to form in the body. Some of them, acting on pain receptors, cause pain, others contribute to a further increase in swelling.
3 stages of cellulite
It is from this moment that cellulite itself begins. It occurs as a protective reaction to the above changes: connective tissues grow, isolating foreign substances. A dense jelly-like substance is formed that has enveloping properties. This is the first phase of cellulite: the affected areas are painful to the touch, the tissue is dense, and the skin is often shiny.
In the second stage, many women experience a sharp increase in the number of dilated veins on the surface of the thighs. To the touch, the affected area resembles lumpy rubber, and the skin has an “orange peel” effect. Over time, microfoci of fat are formed in the affected areas, surrounded by capsules of compacted connective tissue. In addition, fibrous adhesions are noted, sometimes attached to the muscles or skin. This phase is called “loose” cellulite and is characterized by the fact that the tissues of the affected area become dehydrated and lifeless. In these places, altered fibrous tissue remains, covered with thickened skin. In this case, typical, fairly well-known figure defects arise: “breeches” on the hips, saggy buttocks. You often meet such women: what they do to improve their figure.
A pronounced manifestation of the third stage of the disease in the area of the knees and ankles leads to the fact that the entire limb is deformed, and a characteristic “elephantiasis” occurs. I would like to note that the fight against cellulite only with the help of diet does not give results: body weight decreases, but the lumpy, affected tissue remains. Moreover, the body uses fat reserves from unaffected areas (face, neck, chest). As a result, you lose weight top part bodies, and the proportions are disrupted even more.
To treat cellulite, you first need to determine which areas of subcutaneous fat need intervention. There are three of them:
- Swelling, where decay products accumulate.
- Connective tissue compactions.
- Areas of adipose tissue that are “excluded” from normal metabolic processes.
For each of these areas there is a different treatment method:
- sectoral pressotherapy - to remove excess fluid and waste;
- mesotherapy and laser therapy- to eliminate compaction of connective tissues;
- low calorie diet - for elimination from the body harmful substances and mobilization of fat deposits.
To obtain tangible effect, it is necessary to carry out treatment in combination with each other; using them separately is practically ineffective. It must be remembered that physiotherapy methods that have a strong physical impact on the affected areas are unacceptable. These include rough massage and all vibration procedures. And for some reason they are the ones they try to turn to most often. Massage is not excluded. “Rough” massage is excluded. Massage is not the same as massage. The tendency among women to gain weight in the lower part of the body and lose it from the upper part does not in itself lead to cellulite, but only further emphasizes the natural pear shape of their body. However, once cellulite forms in adipose tissue, there is no doubt that it will develop in those places where there is the most fat, that is, on the buttocks, thighs and knees.
In order to understand deep processes formation of cellulite, consider the functions of each such formation separately. Of course, all this happens at the cellular level of the body, but we will focus on detailed analysis subcutaneous tissues.
