Cellulite Can Happen At Any Age To Anyone

By Nuha Handoush, Laser Technician

Astoria Laser Clinic & Med Spa

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Cellulite Can Happen At Any Age To Anyone

Cellulite is characterized by lumpy, bumpy, irregular “cottage-cheese” appearing skin. The nodular swellings of cellulite result from swollen clumps of fat that push up against the undersurface of the skin and these swollen clumps of fat must be addressed by the technology in order for the cellulite to appear smoother.

Cellulite is also characterized by deep pits that are caused by contraction of vertical fibrous tissue in the cellulitic fat and these cellulitic pits need to be treated by a therapeutic intervention as well.

The orange peel-type skin results from thinning of the cellulitic skin with, again, bulging of fat into the actual superficial aspects of the skin, called the dermis. Again, this third factor thinning of the skin needs to be part of your cellulite program.

The precise cause of cellulite is unknown, but it is believed to be an abnormality of the microcirculation of the skin. Relatively poor blood flow and oxygenation to the “cellulite” areas of the body results, over many years, in swelling and edema within the superficial fat, which, in turn, further compromising blood flow to the skin.

The chronically poor oxygenation in the fat and swelling within the tight fat compartment leads to inflammation. The inflammation leads to fibrin formation and, over years, the growth of vertical fibrous bands. The swollen fat, trapped in the tight compartments begins to “bulge up” forming the characteristic nodules seen in cellulite.

The vertical fibrous bands are attached to the undersurface of the skin and begin to pull the skin down creating the deep pits seen in advanced cellulite. The causes are felt to be a combination of hereditary factors, hormonal factors, as well as, circulatory factors.

Weight and exercise appear to play little if any role in not getting cellulite.

Radiofrequency (RF) energy treatment is a new and promising technology for non-surgical body contouring, fat and cellulite reduction.
Pure RF energy alone or RF in combination with other modalities can be used in treatments to effectively contour the body and reduce the appearance of cellulite and fat.