If you have cellulite - those lumpy, bumpy, dimply areas of skin that often resemble cottage cheese or orange rinds - you're not alone. Nearly 9 out of 10 women have some degree of cellulite on their thighs, buttocks, bellies and arms. Today, women spend upwards of $12 million a year on anti-cellulite treatments ranging from fancy creams to risky surgery.
'No matter what beauty therapists might tell you, cellulite isn't a build-up of toxins, it's actually fat held in stacked lipid boxes - pure and simple. If you gain weight or the collagen fibres holding those boxes together start to thicken, the fat is squished upwards, creating a dimpled look.
Cellulite - it's not everyone's favorite conversation topic. Especially when it's otherwise known as cottage cheese thighs, orange peel skin and hail damage. There's a reason why people cringe at the word cellulite and its other so delicate descriptors - because the vast majority of adult woman have it and all of them don't want it.