Dealing with Cellulite

School may be in session but it's still hot enough to lounge around the pool. But some of you may not be ready to show a lot of skin, mainly because of a problem called cellulite.

Monday, August 17th 2009, 2:49 pm

By: News 9


By Melissa Maynarich, NEWS 9

OKLAHOMA CITY -- School may be in session but it's still hot enough to lounge around the pool. But some of you may not be ready to show a lot of skin, mainly because of a problem called cellulite. But, there is hope.

Beverly Hunt is a dynamo. Always active, she stays in shape, but she has a secret, its cellulite.

"It's in the thighs and rear and I'm sure it's in other places," Hunt said.

Cellulite forms when skin loses its elasticity and large fat cells form and create bulges and dimples. As many as 90 percent of women have cellulite and according to dermatologist Dr. Howard Brooks, thin or heavy, any woman can develop cellulite.

"It doesn't matter if that woman is black, white, Asian, it doesn't matter if that woman eats right, does everything right, cellulite can still develop," Dr. Brooks said.

Brooks says there are a few things you can do to curb the dimples. Quit smoking; lighting up damages connective tissues that cause wrinkles. Watch your weight and exercise the legs and buttocks.

"That can firm up the skin and you can decrease the appearance of cellulite. It's still there, but it decreases the appearance," Brooks said.

Because cellulite formation is mostly genetic, Brooks confesses there isn't much you can do to get rid of it. Although there are some cosmetic procedures, like lasers, injections and deep message therapy, that attack those nasty dimples. They're expensive and temporary.

For now, Beverly Hunt has decided to try laser and deep message therapy to get rid of her secret.

Some experts say eating organic foods, or foods without artificial additives can also prevent cellulite.

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