Cellulite Treatment & Reduction Techniques

Using Massage Therapy to Manage Cellulite

Cellulite Massage explained

The latest money-maker sweeping the spas and salons of the nation is the cellulite massage. Its really just an excuse for a salon to sell you an overpriced body scrub, and charge you to have a person massage it into your skin. Sometimes they use oils in addition to the scrub, with ingredients such as clematis, seaweed and horsetail that are meant to moisturize the skin, giving a smooth, silky texture. There are even salons that shoot electrical pulses into your skin, which is supposed to stimulate the subcutaneous layer to firm the skin. All of the above does seem to work on some women, mostly just by swelling the skin of the surrounding areas, an effect which wears off after a few days and then you have to return to the salon and plunk down your credit card for another massage.

Mesh Panties

After you get your massage the salons will usually try to sell you a special mesh fabric panty or pantyhose. This panty prolongs the effect of the massage (it can also be used to extend the results of mesotherapy skin rejuvenation and endermologie). The fabric has a wave type of mesh, which uses natural body movements to micromassage the skin and adipose tissue just below, effectively giving you a 'micro' massage every time you move. The results are actually quite good when combined with a cellulite-reducing exercise program. Find some at Ebay.

Effectiveness of Massage

Note that the range and experience level of masseuses can vary greatly between salons. Some masseuses might have too light a touch, doing nothing to help the appearance of the cellulite. Others, the overzealous kind who exert too much pressure, can cause capillary breakage just below the skin. No one wants to leave the beauty salon with big dark bruises on their legs! If you're trying a new masseuse for the first time, make sure you don't have a photoshoot the next day!

There's actually another similar cellulite reduction technique that makes use of a massage machine, called Endermologie. Read more about the Endermologie massage machine for celluite reduction.