We have all tried them or considered buying them, but do anti-cellulite creams really work?
With the arrival of summer, many of us, trying to solve in three months what we haven’t worked throughout the year, we begin to obsess with slimming creams and gels to burn fat and get rid of cellulite to lose a size a show off firmer skin. Although there are still a few months left to show off our legs, now it’s a good time to discover what creams are available to you and what are the ingredients that make anti-cellulite creams effective.
What is cellulite?
Cellulite is an accumulation of fatty tissue that forms unsightly nodules of fat, water and toxins. It develops in the hypodermis, which is the deepest layer of the skin. This is where the adipocytes accumulate in order to regulate body temperature. Although it’s more frequent in the buttocks and legs, cellulite can also appear on the belly, arms and flanks.
The appearance of cellulite is not necessarily associated with being overweight, since thin people can have cellulite too. Its appearance is related to a sedentary lifestyle, alcohol and soft drinks intake, unhealthy diet, etc. Although it can be also related to genetic, hormonal or vascular factors.
In all cases, the disappearance of cellulite is quite hard. In addition to exercising, drinking plenty of water and eating healthy, anti-cellulite creams can also become our best allies if they contain the necessary active ingredients and are applied consistently and massaged accordingly.
How to use slimming creams to be maximise its effects
The four keys that make an anti-cellulite cream effective are good active ingredients, a correct application, consistency and a good massage. If we use an anti-cellulite product daily and follow these guidelines, we’ll be able to improve circulation, drainage, sculpt and firm the skin.
So, which ingredients are really effective and we should be looking at the labels of anti-cellulite creams?
- Caffeine: caffeine accelerates the rate at which our body works since it influences the nervous system. It’s an excellent lipolytic ingredient that helps stimulate the elimination and drainage of fats. It also improves circulation.
- Centella Asiatica: it’s a very effective ingredient to fight cellulite since it synthetizes collagen and proteins and helps protect, repair and firm the skin. Centella Asiatica also improves circulation and helps eliminate substances that our body doesn’t need and have accumulated in the form of cellulite, dragging them into the blood supply to be eliminated naturally.
- Ivy: acts as a vasoconstrictor, decongesting the tissues and accelerating the elimination of retained water with a powerful draining action.
- Green tea: ingredient that also helps to eliminate excess water and accumulated toxins in our body.
- Carnitine: accelerates the fat burning process and facilitates its transport to proceed with its elimination. Gradually replaces fat deposits with muscle tissue.
Massages to apply anti-cellulite creams
Consistency is essential to achieve effective results, so we must apply creams daily with an intense massage. Good circulation with favour the disappearance of cellulite, so carrying out daily massages will improve the appearance of the affected areas.
- Kneading: this massage is applied with the entire surface of the hand to the affected area, trying to maintain contact with the fingertips and the palm of the hand. Press if you as if you’re kneading bread and put pressure on the area. Make this movement in all directions and with the whole hand.
- Rolling: clamp one end of the cellulite area of the body and reach the other end without releasing the skin, like a roller.
- Knuckles: apply pressure in small circles with the knuckles of both hands.
If we combine exercise, a balanced diet and aesthetic treatments with anti-cellulite creams, the results will be better and much faster. Toskani develop high quality products of pharmaceutical standard and their formulas contain high concentrations of active ingredients that, together with their technology, make them highly effective.
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