Cellulite

Cellulite (synonyms: dermopanniculosis deformans, orange peel cellulite or wrongly ) is a constitutionally related non- inflammatory changes of subcutaneous fat in the thigh and buttock area of women. The model -like skin surface looks like the surface of an orange. The cellulite is found almost exclusively in women, since men have a masculine structure of connective tissue. In overweight or weak connective tissue, the skin appearance can occur at a young age, with age get cellulite to varying degrees 80 to 90 % of women.

Conjugate

The term cellulite as a synonym for cellulite is common in colloquial speech, but the term is medically incorrect: cellulitis is an inflammatory process of the subcutaneous tissue, which is not present at a cellulite. It is a conjugate. This confusion is also found in the dictionary of foreign words Duden publishing house.

Description

The description of the appearance of cellulite came under the name in the English -speaking world at the end of the 1960s. Widespread obtained the idea by publications by Nicole Ronsard. Your descriptions of the cause as slag ablagere in the body, have now been proven wrong.

Cellulite occurs in women than in subcutaneous adipose tissue fat pads with slight congestion of the lymph: The adipose tissue is connective tissue of collagen strands ( retinacula cutis ) crossed in a lattice -like subdivisions. These structures swell under the hormonal changes of the menstrual cycle, more or less, thus making the shape of the collagen bands visible. Cellulite is therefore also due to the hormone estrogen. For the alternative medicine claim that the responsible collection of various metabolites in the connective tissue is (keywords acidification and purification ), there is no scientific evidence.

The change in skin surface appearance is not a disease, but rather an aesthetic problem. For the prevention or reduction of numerous medical, alternative medical and cosmetic treatment methods have been developed, but none of them is completely successful. Cosmetically three stages of skin appearance are often distinguished:

Treatments

Without proof of therapeutic effect following treatment methods are tried:

• Reduction in body fat
• Acoustic Wave Therapy: Ultrasound waves are injected into the treatment area
• Lymphatic drainage
• Treatment with vacuum in a special vacuum tube: Intermittent NPWT
• Stimulate the circulation of the skin through adequate exercise, cold showers and Bürstmassagen
• Endermologie, mechanical tissue massage to " skin gymnastics"
• Nutritional support, for example, consumption of vitamin C, which can lead to the strengthening of collagen fibers of the connective tissue by networking
• Sea salt baths
• Thermal wrap ( body wrap with cling film ) bring fat cells to melt allegedly
• Body wrap with bandages tighten the tissue
• Cryotherapy ( application of extremely low temperatures - up to -160 ° C for a short time ) - especially whole-body cryotherapy in a cryogenic chamber
• Alternative medical methods, such as galvanic fine flow treatments

Since cellulite affects deeper skin structures, no success can be achieved by creams, ointments and similar cosmetic treatments. A noticeable effect is only due to the massaging. When liposuction (liposuction ) Although body fat is removed, the typical skin dimpling may, however, continue to exist or develop back again.