Cellulite: What Are the Myths?

By Tony Garrudo

Cellulite is surrounded by myths. There are many misleading "facts" about cellulite that have led women to desperately try to get rid of or avoid getting cellulite only to end up with it gracing their back sides. Weeding through the myths and spelling out the facts is important. This way people can really know the whole truth about cellulite.

1. There's a myth going around that cellulite can be caused by soda. According to myth, soda contained sodium levels that made your fat cells swell, cellulite following right after it. There's no basis in fact for this. It's true that cellulite is made up of fat cells; but they're there because they're trapped in the connectiv tissue of the skin.

2. Another often accepted myth is that cellulite only happens to those over 40 years old. While cellulite may be more apparent in older people because the skin thins out as we age, it can occur at any age.

Myth 3: You only get cellulite on the buttocks and thighs. These areas of the body are more prone to having cellulite, but it can also be found on one's stomach, neck, and arms.

Myth 4: Only overweight people have cellulite. Finding out that this myth is untrue can shatter the self esteem of people who do not have excess weight. Even thin people can get cellulite since all of us have fat cells.

5. A lot of people think that you can rid yourself of cellulite with proper diet and exercise. Because of how cellulite is produced, there's no basis for this. You can't burn this type of fat using your metabolism, so exercise is literally useless for this. Since cellulite is trapped in the skin's connective tissue, the metabolism can't touch it.

There are the more popular cellulite myths out there. A lot of people use these myths to sell cellulite removal products and make money off people. You can save yourself a lot of trouble and time by knowing what's true and what isn't. - 30516

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