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What you need to know about cellulite

Cellulite is sometimes called “orange peel skin” or “hail damage.” Cellulite is more than ordinary fat; it is a combination of fat, cellular wastes, and water that forms a “gel like” mass and traps in the connective tissue below the skin’s surface. Some of the symptoms associated with cellulite are feelings of tightness, tenderness, and heaviness in the affected areas.

Women are much more likely to develop cellulite than men. Cellulite has a bad reputation among women. More than 85 percent of post-adolescent women develop at least a little cellulite somewhere on the lower body. The classic place to find cellulite is in the back of the upper leg, abdomen, arms, or upper back.

There are three contributing agents determine whether you develop cellulite: heredity, estrogen, and fat. Cellulite can affect someone whether they are overweight or not, because the main reason for it is the irregular pattern of the connective tissue.