Bring the cellulite to the surface: does this phrase mean anything?

“Cellulite is toxins” and to “get rid of it” you must bring it to the surface

• Cellulite doesn’t travel

• The hypodermis, where cellulite is located, is part of the anatomy skin - it cannot travel anywhere

• How to beat cellulite - without moving its location ;)

• Have a cellulite treatment in London with the cellulite experts

Cellulite doesn’t travel

The beauty industry is full of myths and inaccuracies and the field of cellulite reduction is the worst. But this must be the silliest thing I have ever heard: “This treatment moves the cellulite to the surface”, from where it is (apparently) easier to remove.

This gem has been uttered by a member of the “clinical training” team of a (pretty respectable) machine manufacturer.

Now let’s make it clear once and for all: cellulite is a tissue. It cannot move deep into the body, it cannot move to the surface and in general it cannot not go anywhere. Cellulite doesn’t travel.

Cellulite refers to a hypodermis (the deepest layer of the skin) which is characterised by increased fat accumulation, skin ligament contraction and poor circulation/water retention. All combined with a - usually but not always - lax dermis (middle skin layer).

The hypodermis, where cellulite is located, is part of the anatomy skin - it cannot travel anywhere

• Adipose tissue from the hypodermis cannot travel upwards to the dermis and then to the epidermis (top skin layer) to be sweated out of the body

• Not even water (part of the water retention problem inherent in many cellulite cases. It is as superficial as it can be. And of course, those blood/lymph vessels, responsible for the poor circulation and consequent water retention, do not travel either.

• Furthermore, you cannot make skin ligaments (“collagen bands”) to move

• And finally, you cannot - and there is no reason to - move the dermis somewhere else

The whole notion of “moving cellulite to the surface”, most probably refers to moving “toxins” to the surface, based on the old wives’ tale assumption that “cellulite is toxins”, which is, well, an old wives’ tale.

All in all, you cannot move cellulite up, down, left or right - it is a tissue fixed where it is.

How to beat cellulite - without moving its location ;)

You can, however, try to reduce its fat component, its skin ligament contraction component, its poor circulation component, its skin laxity component or, ideally, all of the above, with deep-acting, high-power radiofrequency and deep-acting, high-power ultrasound cavitation.

But don’t attempt to make it commute to another part of the body - it won’t…

Have a cellulite treatment in London with the cellulite experts

At LipoTherapeia we have specialised 100% in skin tightening and cellulite reduction for more than two decades and 20,000+ sessions.

This is all we study and practise every day and have researched and tried hands-on all the important skin tightening equipment and their manufacturers.

As strong, deep acting radiofrequency and deep-acting, high-power ultrasound cavitation are the technologies of choice for skin tightening and cellulite reduction, we have invested in the best RF/ultrasound technologies in the world.

Furthermore, over the last two decades we have developed advanced RF and cavitation treatment protocols in order to make the most of our technologies, for maximum results, naturally and safely.

Our radiofrequency/ultrasound treatments are comfortable, pain-free, downtime-free, injection-free, microneedling-free, 99.5%+ safe and always non-invasive.

And our focus is on honest, realistic, science-based treatment, combined with caring, professional service, with a smile.

We will be pleased to see you, assess your cellulite, skin laxity or fibrosis, listen to your story, discuss your case and offer you the best possible treatment.

Learn more or check prices and book an expert treatment at our London clinic (49 Marylebone High Street, W1)