You have a few extra pounds, but don’t retain water
Are you young, do not suffer from heavy legs, are you just a few extra pounds, perhaps due to a recent pregnancy? Slimming creams are for you. According to our experts, you have “fat” cellulite, which means your excess pounds go to store where your hormones tell them to go. This is where it is necessary to intervene.
Your “prescription”
Creams. We believe without believing in it … And yet! Certain substances contained in slimming creams have been proven in vitro (in the laboratory) of their real effectiveness on the fat cell. They exhibit lipolytic properties, which means that they stimulate an enzyme, lipase, which destroys the triglycerides stored in our adipocytes. Result: these “unload” stored fatty acids and slowly deflate. Only a few molecules are available: caffeine and its derivatives such as theine, theophylline and other substances of the methyl-xanthine family, as well as forskolin. It’s up to you to carefully read the labels of the creams you buy to benefit from them!
A balanced diet. If you lose three pounds, you will see your stomach and breasts melt. Not necessarily your thighs, buttocks, and calves. However, eating lighter will make you lose the few little pounds that make your cellulite more conspicuous, especially in your eyes. Be careful, however, not to gain weight afterwards … Because you know where the excess will go!
Sport ? Increasing the underlying muscle mass will not magically make cellulite go away, but it will activate blood circulation, improve tissue vascularity (including adipose tissue), and help you shed extra pounds. Finally, cellulite “stuck” between a toned muscle and the skin will be much less visible. But choose an endurance sport (cycling, walking, swimming) and practice it at a moderate pace, during sessions of at least forty-five minutes.
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Your legs are heavy and they tend to swell
You always inflate in the heat or before your period. And your legs are often heavy at the end of the day. Your cellulite is said to be infiltrated. It is imperative to drain!
Your “prescription”
Lymphatic drainagee. This manual technique (performed by a physiotherapist) stimulates and regulates the lymphatic system, this set of organs, vessels and tissues which drains the lymph into the blood stream. Repeated gentle and slow pressures are applied from bottom to top with the edge of the hand to re-circulate the stagnant liquid and help it to reach the ganglionic relays allowing its evacuation. It is an ideal method for women who suffer from swollen legs or even edema. There is no direct effect on fat, but the action on water retention can be seen and felt quickly.
Draining plants. They reduce water retention and actually deflate … You will feel the difference! Orthosiphon, birch, ruscus, meadowsweet, fucus, fennel, piloselle, little holly are effective. You can choose them in the form of capsules or opt for ready-made combinations, in the form of powders, ampoules or solutions to dissolve in a bottle of water and to drink continuously throughout the day.
Venotonic substances. They increase the speed of blood return from the feet to the heart (venous return), therefore drainage, and improve venous tone, even if they have no effect on the diameter of the vessels themselves. Three-month cures are recommended if your swelling is associated with poor blood circulation. No question of opting for diuretic drugs, but rather for plants, which have a gentle and safe action. Recommended: red algae, horse chestnut, witch hazel, in the form of capsules (and not herbal teas or pharmaceutical preparations), which guarantees an always identical dosage.
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Your cellulite is firm to the touch and old
Your cellulite is not recent and, when you were younger, you were water retention. Your cellulite is hard but not necessarily painful. Those are massagesyou need !
This type of cellulite is also called “indurated”, explain our specialists. Once infiltrated, it has evolved over the years, and collagen fibers have gradually developed around the fat cells, which is why it has hardened.
- Your “prescription”
THE’endermology consists of performing “palpate-roll” maneuvers using a device (the most commonly used is the Cellu M6 from LPG laboratories). The skin is sucked, rolled into a fold and massaged using a device made up of two rollers. It does not melt fat but has an established anti-fibrosis action, and drains leg.
Be careful, not all women are satisfied with the result (it’s 50-50)! It takes at least six to eight sessions to start (with a physiotherapist or a beautician, in thalasso centers, beauty institutes …), and a good fortnight for optimal results. Choose your masseur carefully and the place where you will do your treatment, because not all are created equal. Indeed, even if it is a device and not a manual technique, it is very important that it is handled correctly to increase the chances of results. Finally, do not hesitate to inquire about the aspiration carried out by the device used, which must not exceed 30 mmHg. Some devices (the first models in particular) performed too much suction (40 mmHg), which damages small blood vessels.
Cellulite: the enemy of women
If there’s one thing we all know, it’s almost impossible to escape cellulite. It is not easy to eliminate and it does not have a single cause, but several. We therefore consulted a group of six specialists: researcher, gynecologist, nutritionist … Our experts are part of the Cellulite Group created in 1995 with the support of Pierre Fabre Santé laboratories. They meet regularly to take stock of this so feminine evil. We attended their debates and reflections, and asked them what strategies to implement to most effectively get rid of this enemy of our silhouette.
The fact that cellulite is localized on the thighs or buttocks, recent or old, painful or painless, whether you are muscular or not, does not predict its nature or its treatments. We must reason according to the “associated signs”. Before a complete medical examination, we will already help you identify the solutions anti cellulite most suited to your profile.
