Causes of Cellulite

Cellulite is nothing but an appearance of dimples and bumps onto the skins generally at larger areas. Most of the people refer this condition as appearing like ‘cottage cheese’. The condition may not harm any body systems but they carry lot of values in cosmetic industry and in the world of glamour. Cellulite need not effect only to adults but nowadays, we find the condition even in adolescents and children. However, cellulite is common in adult women.

There are many causes of cellulite. Many health experts believe that this condition is caused by poor elasticity of the skin. Beneath the skins, we have many cells including the fatty cells (known as adipose tissues) that provide cushion and energy (body heat) but when these fat cells become very large for the natural fiber compartments that hold the skin, these compartments bulge-out and form odd surface (uneven layers) of the fat underneath. This entire procedure lands up in appearance of cellulite.

Let us overcome the popular belief and see ‘into’ cellulite – this condition affects all women, obese or slim. It is nothing but the derangement of the fatty cells beneath the skin. However, fatty women are more prone to develop it but thinner too suffer from such condition. One of the well-known causes for cellulite is to have high levels of the female hormone estrogen. The hormone overall increases the fatty tissues including the mammary tissues and hence, also put on some extra weight.

Poor diet, uneven blood circulation and slow metabolism can also result into cellulite. Some of the health experts believe that sluggish digestion, any kind of fluid retention and intake of any kind of toxins can also give raise to conditions like cellulite. According to on research, the woman who gets cellulite are intended from the birth to develop it and it beings to appear in teenage girls (nearly about 14 yr) and eventually increases as she matures and when the subcutaneous skin layer starts becoming thin and redistributes.

Cellulite often results from taking birth control pills and it can also be seen in women in postnatal phase. This could be due to the body might not cope-up with the waste material and get rid of tremendous estrogen flow within the body. Cellulite can also be caused after any traumatic injuries wherein the circulatory process has been altered.

Some of the naturopaths opine that any cause that give raise to obesity or overweighed equally contribute giving raise to cellulite also. For instance, sedentary lifestyle can lead to hardening of the connective tissues and may cause dimpling of the skin at outside. Cellulite can also be due to hereditary factors, insufficient water intake (water is a natural flusher that removes the toxins from the body and help maintaining the metabolism). Poor eating habits such as consumption of alcohol, caffeine, spicy foods etc are also few of the culprits. Medical experts do not deny smoking, stress, certain medications (sleeping pills, diuretics etc) that can cause cellulite in the human body.