Cellulite is an inflammation of the connective tissue usually caused by a bacterial infection. Skin on the face or lower legs is most commonly affected by this infection, though other parts of the body can also get affected. Some people are affected through this and some not usually because of the difference in ways the skin is structured. Parts of body affected by cellulite are usually stuffed with excretable substances that did not get eliminated from the body. Double chin, thick shoulders and swollen ankles are caused by this condition.



The connective tissue is to be found in the body wherever there are no organs. Under the skin, it is known as subcutaneous cellular tissue. In case of cellulite, this connective tissue fills with lymph containing much waste matter, which irritates it and causes it to contract. It then fills with water. Water thickens into mucus, which in turn becomes semi-solid matter. This congests the cellular tissue, which then becomes painful. This is cellulite. Cellulite is not exclusive to women. Nearly 30% of cases afflict men. Most women have disfiguring cellulite-loose flabby fat trapped in hardened networks of elastin and collagen fibers. There is no miracle cure for it. However, you can see great results by effective natural ways.

Diagnosing cellulite

So you can see that accumulating flabby fat and storage of fluid and toxins into the layer beneath the skin. Inside surface of the thighs and knees get affected the most. Bone projections get hidden. Thickening of ankle also takes place and eventually the whole of the leg from ankle to the knee gets affected.

Gradually but relentlessly, over the months and years, the thickening of lower limbs continues and the sides of the thighs swell our in their turn. The hips become heavy with rolls of fat and affect the buttocks and rest of the body, which include the thick neck, swollen napes and heavy shoulders, thighs, hips, bottom and even tummy. To check cellulite, just do this simple test. Squeeze the skin of your upper thigh between the thumb and index finger. If the flesh feels lumpy and looks bumpy, then you suffer from cellulite.

How can one cure the cellulite ? Factors causing cellulite:-

O Poor diet of low-fibre, high fat food, which tends to put great pressure on the digestive system. Toxins find it a lot difficult to be eliminated.

O Lack of exercise and stress often slow down blood circulation and the lymphatic system.

O Genetic factor.

Heredity, feeding (a cellulite mother often has a cellulite daughter), abnormal activity of the liver, generally due to dieting and sedentariness are some of the other factors favoring cellulite. To burn up toxins in the body, exercise your muscles. Toxins can be burnt up only by oxygen.

Oxygen has the tendency to burn up the toxins and it can do that in the lungs and the muscles. Both these organs of the body work in a collaboration to purify the body of toxins. Regular exercising is a must but one should not over exert on his body. Basically your digestive system, the nervous system and the kidney system must work properly and so every care must be taken to avoid the toxic foods and alcohol.