Cellulite is the result of the build-up of fat in subcutaneous cells, usually in the buttocks and thighs, and the retention of water in the surrounding areas. Extremely common amongst women - but thankfully treatable through the revolutionary process of VelaShape – cellulite takes on its unsightly ‘orange peel’ appearance as the envelopes containing the fat cells, or adipocytes, swell and lose their shape.

Once the ‘orange peel’ effect begins, the process can become self-sustaining, reducing blood circulation to the effected area, causing stagnation of metabolic waste, nutritional impoverishment, and congestion of the connective tissue, which over time loses its elasticity. But even when the strictest of diets and exercise regimes seem to have little effect, the vicious circle can still be broken. VelaShape can send cellulite on its way.

The four stages of cellulite

The skin on the thigh or buttock has a smooth aspect without any irregularities on the surface, whatever the position, regardless of pinching.

The skin has an orange peel aspect only when pinched or in a seated position on a hard surface.

The orange peel aspect is visible in a standing position; the smooth aspect is no longer visible in a lying down position.

The orange peel aspect is permanent and appears naturally, whether in a standing or lying down position.

Recommended Treatments:

• Velashape