What is Cellulite?

The dimples, bumps and bulges that characterize cellulite are often found on the thighs, hips and buttocks, and can even be found on the arms and calves. The presence of this orange peel-like texture has nothing to do with being overweight. Even thin women, including models and actresses, suffer from dimpled, uneven skin. That's because your skin's firmness and smoothness (or lack thereof) is caused by a variety of factors - virtually none of which have to do with your weight.

Cellulite - also known as orange peel or cottage cheese skin - occurs when the bands of connective tissue around fat cells are stretched beyond their capacity. These bands, called septae, harden at this stretched point, holding the skin at a non-flexible level. When the tissue surrounding the septae continues to expand with water or weight gain, the skin cannot evenly distribute the weight because it is already stretched beyond its capacity. This results in cellulite dimpling.

To put it more specifically, cottage cheese skin is literally caused by a combination of poor circulation, poor digestion, water retention and/or poor diet. When you wear stockings, sit in a chair for long periods at a time or even cross your legs, you are inhibiting circulation. This forces fat and water weight to stick around - pushing subcutaneous fat into the connective tissue, resulting in lumpy, uneven skin.

Thus, the same things that cause the septae to stretch in the first place are the very things that come to fill in empty spaces that the stretched septae have left behind, creating the classic "cottage cheese" appearance.

To get smoother, even skin, you have to target the causes while also dealing with the effects of dimpled, orange peel skin. RevitaShape can help minimize the lumpiness of uneven skin by metabolizing trapped fat, while increasing circulation and draining fluid from beneath the surface of the skin. In this way, RevitaShape offers quick relief from unsightly backsides, thighs and legs - the perfect quick fix before jumping into some short shorts and showing some skin! Try RevitaShape today and discover a whole new you!