| | | | Cellulite, that dreaded lumpiness, has been around for a long time. French physicians were addressing it over 150 years ago. Cellulite appears as a skin condition, but in fact it stems from subcutaneous tissue, the tissue between the skin and the muscle or bone. Cellulite has been described as having the appearance of a dimpled "orange peel" or a "lumpy mattress phenomenon". It occurs most often around the hips, buttocks, and thigh areas. However, cellulite can appear anywhere. It is associated with "fatness", but thin people can also develop cellulite. There is usually a tightness and greater tenderness over the affected areas.
What causes cellulite?
In his book, Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Dr. Michael T. Murray describes cellulite as a cosmetic defect; it is not a disease. There may be a heredity factor, but cellulite is so wide-spread that heredity is unlikely to be the driving factor. Cellulite is probably better described as a raised skin patch, resulting from an inability of the tissue beneath the skin to prevent its own fat cells from upward protrusion against the bottom of the actual skin layer. Over time, subcutaneous fat cells become overloaded, pushing upward against the subcutaneous fibrous web-like connective tissue mesh that normally retains these fat cells in their proper place. This connective tissue defect is due most often to age-related connective tissue weakening. Men rarely develop cellulite because their subcutaneous tissue and dermis layer of the skin are endowed with greater amounts of fibrous connective tissue. Accordingly, women have softer, more tender skin than men. If women lose some of the youthful strength of their connective tissue, they become at much greater risk of developing cellulite; their subcutaneous fat cells find it easier to bulge, creating cellulite.
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