Causes of Cellulite – What is the Orange Peel Effect?
cellulite is the puckering and dimpling of the skin often called “orange peel effect or syndrome, cottage cheese skin, mattress phenomenon, and the hail damage among others”. It manifests itself in the subcutaneous layer or the layer of fat under the skin. This condition affects both men and women but is most common in the later especially the adolescent and the elderly. It is thought to be due to one or more of the following;
- Heredity or Genetics
- Hormonal imbalance due to excess estrogen
- Free Radicals that is similar to causes of wrinkles.
- Lifestyle issues where bad diet and lack of exercise dominated the daily schedule.
Characteristic symptoms
- Tightened and heavy feeling in the lower body- the legs
- Tenderness when the affected body parts are pressed or massaged.
- Has no correlation with obesity.
- Appearance of the orange peel skin
Reducing the Appearance of cellulite
There are several methods that can be used to reduce the dimples that appear on the skin. The most common remedies are the anti-cellulite creams among other alternatives as;
Exercise: It is hard to burn these stored fats as you can with other body fat. But exercising, the affected body parts are very effective it tightens up the skin and producing leaner muscles hence reducing the appearance of puckering in those areas. Unfortunately, exercising takes long to show visible results.
Endermologie: This is a type of spa treatment that involves the rolling and suctioning the fat cells in the bid to break up the tissue under the skin. The only disadvantage is that it is very expensive for the common man. On the other hand the advantages are that they permanently cure the condition and show results quicker than most of the other methods.
Caffeine: This is the most used treatment in fighting the causes of this condition thus forms the main ingredient in most creams. Caffeine assist in dehydrating fat cells hence shrinking them. The result is that the skin is toned and smoothened making the dimpling less visible.
The surest, safe and efficient simple ways of reduction the scourge is to eat the right foods to ease; fats ingestion, toxins and fluid depositing under your skin. This is achieved by;
i) Avoiding Saturated Fats; diets with excess fat will make you gain weight naturally. You should avoid foods a red meat and whole cream milk products, instead go for the white meets and low fat milk products for these foods are lean in proteins which assist in muscle building and stimulating burning of more calories than any fats. Also consume more portions of essential fatty acids (EFAs) in each diet for these acids assist in burning body fat. Common sources of essential fatty acids are oily fish, nuts and avocados.
ii) Avoiding Simple Carbohydrates; simple or refined carbohydrates (white flour, bread and rice) drastically increase the blood sugar level, which leads to storing of more fats in the body. Use substitutes as whole grain alternatives (brown rice and whole-meal breads) and eat a lot of raw or fresh fruits and vegetables regularly.
Methods used in fighting the orange peel effect
* The use of reduction creams,
* Body wraps and massage and,
All these treatments do not permanently remove the skin condition from your body rather continuous work and use of the remedies is required. They reduce the visibility of dimples.
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