Cel­lulite is a cos­met­ic dis­or­der that ap­pears as pit­ting, bulging, or de­for­ma­tion on the skin and pri­mar­i­ly oc­curs in women. It is most com­mon around the thigh area. While more than 90 per cent of women will suf­fer from cel­lulite at some point in their life, there are some treat­ments that can help.

Mesother­a­py and cel­lulite

Mesother­a­py con­sists of the pa­tient get­ting in­jec­tions in­to and around the site where cel­lulite is found. The in­jec­tions con­sist of nat­ur­al sub­stances such as min­er­als, vi­t­a­mins and amino acids. The treat­ment oc­curs once a week for sev­er­al months, so it can be cost­ly, but the re­sults are typ­i­cal­ly ex­cel­lent.

Es­sen­tial oils and cel­lulite

Es­sen­tial oils com­bined with mas­sage can be used for treat­ing cel­lulite. Us­ing the oils in mas­sage or a bath can stim­u­late cir­cu­la­tion and elim­i­nate flu­id re­ten­tion. An oil blend that you can use is five drops each of grape­fruit, cy­press, ju­niper, and clary sage, mixed with a suit­able car­ri­er oil. Or­ange, lemon, laven­der, or rose­mary may be sub­sti­tut­ed for any of the afore­men­tioned es­sen­tial oils, as long as a mix of four es­sen­tial oils is used at a ra­tio of five drops each. The oil, once made, should be ap­plied on­to the af­fect­ed area every day af­ter show­er­ing. The mas­sage should be firm and stim­u­lat­ing, with all move­ments go­ing to­wards the heart. The com­bined ef­fects of the oils and the mas­sage will help to break down fat­ty de­posits and elim­i­nate tox­ins through im­proved cir­cu­la­tion.

Lym­phat­ic drainage and cel­lulite

Lym­phat­ic drainage mas­sage works to im­prove the func­tion of the lym­phat­ic sys­tem, which helps to re­move and fil­ter waste, tox­ins and ex­cess flu­id from the body. Good lym­phat­ic cir­cu­la­tion in the body will pre­vent lymph flu­id from so­lid­i­fy­ing and bind­ing with the col­la­gen fi­bres that are in the fat cells.

Nu­tri­tion and cel­lulite

A di­et that is high in flu­id and fi­bre and low in fat may help to re­duce cel­lulite as it will help to im­prove the elim­i­na­tion process­es in the body and al­so re­duce body fat lev­els in gen­er­al. Aim for six to eight glass­es of wa­ter a day. Avoid salty food and adding salt to foods, as the salt can cause flu­id re­ten­tion, and this wors­ens the ap­pear­ance of cel­lulite. Vi­t­a­mins, min­er­als, and herbs may al­so be help­ful. Gingko bilo­ba can im­prove cir­cu­la­tion and re­duce the sever­i­ty of cel­lulite. Vi­t­a­min C stim­u­lates the growth of col­la­gen, while bioflavonoids keep the col­la­gen in good con­di­tion as well as strength­en­ing small blood ves­sels. Aci­dophilus pro­motes healthy di­ges­tion and al­so the elim­i­na­tion of waste prod­ucts that may oth­er­wise wors­en the ap­pear­ance of cel­lulite. While di­et is help­ful for man­ag­ing cel­lulite, there is no spe­cif­ic di­et that can pre­vent or cure cel­lulite. The best you can do is eat health­ily and drink lots of liq­uids.

Body wraps and cel­lulite

Body wraps tight­en the skin, re­duce cel­lulite, and elim­i­nate tox­ins. Body wraps may in­volve a ma­rine type gel, Dead Sea min­er­als, or a clay based mask. The body is cov­ered in the sub­stance be­fore be­ing com­plete­ly ban­daged or cov­ered. Some body wrap sys­tems at­tach a ma­chine that emits a low cur­rent to stim­u­late the body's cir­cu­la­tion and elim­i­na­tion even fur­ther. The client is then left for up to 90 min­utes for the wrap to work. The ban­dages are then re­moved and the ex­cess sub­stance is show­ered off.

En­der­molo­gie and cel­lulite

En­der­molo­gie us­es a ma­chine that cre­ates a gen­tle vac­u­um on the skin. The skin is sucked in­to a cham­ber where it is then mas­saged in or­der to en­cour­age the break­down of un­der­ly­ing fat, al­low­ing the fat, as well as tox­ins, to be car­ried away in the blood and lym­phat­ic sys­tems.