Cellulites: Women's Worst Nightmare

Cellulite is the lumpy substance; cottage cheese looking thingy, that is commonly found on thighs, stomach, butt, and under arms. It is the result of collections of fat that push against the connective tissue beneath human skin, which causes surface to dimple and look lumpy.

Descriptive names for cellulite are orange peel syndrome, cottage cheese skin, the mattress phenomenon, and hail damage. Synonyms may include: adiposis edematosa, dermopanniculosis deformans, status protrusus cutis, and gynoid lipodystrophy.

Although, some men are not exempted to this skin catastrophe, it is mostly present on women.

Our genes, gender, age, thickness of our skin and the amount of fat in our body has something to do with the amount of cellulite we have and how visible it could be.

Regardless of what cause our cellulite, it's highly important for us to know and accept that no magic products, treatments and medicines that can make it disappear.

Expensive cosmetic surgeries like liposuction and mesotherapy can only give temporal treatment and lessen visibility for quite a while.

In addition, doctors even warn everyone who is contemplating to resort to liposuction that it is not an effective treatment for it, because the process is designed to remove deep, good, friendly fat instead of cellulite, which is close to the epidermis.

It is important for us to know that good fats are needed to carry and store fat-soluble vitamins like, Vitamin A, D, E and K. Moreover, fatty acids benefit the body by elevating mood resulting in less depression, can improve cognitive function in the elderly; can enhance learning and attention span in school-children; improve vision, especially at night; promotes healthy skin, lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases and lower the risk of breast and colon cancer.

Below are some tips on how we women should deal with cellulites:

1. Acceptance. We should acknowledge that all of us would age. Through acceptance we can have better understanding of how we can deal with it, and how we can age gracefully.

2. Eat healthy. A healthy diet that is rich in fiber and low in fats can extremely complement our skin and our physique too.

3. Exercise. Burn those fats away. A simple one hour walk a day can lessen the appearance of cellulites on our thighs and butts. Also, try carrying little dumbbells while walking or jogging, since, this can firm your arms too.

4. Relax. Don't give stress an edge and be calm. Stress can tighten muscles and block connective tissues that can natural release anti-oxidants.

5. Massage. This can aid good blood circulation; improve skin elasticity and can stabilize cellulites.

6. Dress appropriately. After we accept that we're aging and that cellulites exist now in certain parts of our body, we can dress appropriate on our age and built. For example, if your thighs have lots of cellulites, avoid wearing mini-skirts already. Another example is, if you have it on your under arms, avoid sleeveless, even short sleeves, and shop for 3/4s and long sleeves that aren't tight and body hugging clothes.

So, Gals let us not condemn the fats alone for having the "cottage cheese". Our lifestyle and attitude have also something to do with it too.

Smoking, lack of exercise, eating habits, stress and depression can compound and worsen cellulites appearance.

Fat, skinny, male or female, there's really no exemption, we can all be prone to cellulites as we age. And, it is inevitable!