Shereene IdrissBoard Certified Derm, Founder and Chief Nerd

Get rid of cellulite?! #shorts

27 Feb 2023 · 1 min

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A short explainer (YouTube Short) by a single speaker describing cellulite anatomy and treatment. The speaker defines cellulite as fat herniating through fibrous bands that tether the skin, explains that lymphatic massage may temporarily reduce visible dimpling by moving fluid, and states that lasting correction requires physically breaking the fibrous bands.

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Get rid of cellulite with me, it does not get rid of cellulite. It might minimize the appearance temporarily because of lymphatic drainage. You have to go in and physically break the band. Cellulite is fat that herniates through fibrous bands, is the bottom, and this is the top of your skin, and the fork is the fibrous band. What's holding the top of the skin down? The fat, the areas in between are popping through. That is what makes this kind of dimple and make the cellulite appear more prominent. When you do lymphatic massage, you're moving that fluid around so you're making it appear less prominent, but you're not getting rid of the band. To really treat, quote, unquote, true cellulite, you have to break the band so that this releases and it doesn't pull down anymore. And.