Experts consider cellulite as an integral part of a woman, or rather, one of the secondary sexual characteristics. After all, the same hormones that make your thighs and chest round up, program a special structure of female subcutaneous tissue. In men, the fibers of the connective tissue penetrating it cross in the form of a grid with small cells in which small fat cells lie. In women, these fibers are arranged in parallel layers, like dough in a Napoleon cake, and there can be deposited as many "cream" as possible between them, that is, fat. This structure provides the best stretchability of tissues during pregnancy, but this constructive advantage of female subcutaneous tissue ends. And cellulite suffering begins! Clamp the skin fold on the hip between the thumb and forefinger and - oh, horror! - you see the notorious "orange peel". Do not panic! It's not cellulite. The test simply demonstrates the structure of the female subcutaneous tissue. It is positive for everyone - even a young lady with an ideal figure, who do not have a gram of excess weight. About cellulitis itself can be said with certainty only when the characteristic pits and knolls caused by the proliferation of connective tissue capsules of fat lobules and the retention of fluid in them are visible on the skin without any squeezing. Better, of course, before this do not bring and do anti-cellulite massage in preventive mode. He certainly not one of us will not interfere! Well, if the "orange peel" is present, it is all the more necessary to you. When massage in problem areas improves blood and lymph circulation. Without the influx of blood, carrying oxygen and active substances to cellulite tissues, it is impossible to get rid of the "crust". A better drainage function helps to remove slags and excess fluid from here, because of which the subcutaneous deposits turn into an impassable biochemical swamp. While you do not drain it, the fat will not go anywhere and the skin will not be smoothed out.
Useful tools
You will need a special sisal glove of rough mating or a mitten with pimples (two are better: it's more convenient to act with both hands), and also a massage brush, a massager with elastic spikes of two kinds (small and dense on one side and large, but rare on the other) or special anti-cellulite sponge. With the help of these devices you need to process the hips, abdomen and buttocks in the direction of the lymph current (from the bottom up). This is the so-called dry massage - the preparatory stage to the actual anti-cellulite effect. The purpose of this training is to warm up the tissues, improving microcirculation. For a better effect, it's useful to sit in the steam room, take a hot bath or shower.
Classics of the genre
Many are convinced that cellulite lends itself only to a "hard" massage, which forces one to bite the lip from pain and become covered with bruises. Nothing like this! According to experts, this effect is more harmful than good, creating a false impression of false crushing of fat capsules and crushing of partitions supporting a tuberous structure. So - no power tricks! The best result for cellulite gives a classic general massage with enhanced (that is, more thorough, not rough) or, as the professionals say, an accentuated elaboration of problem areas. Anyone who has at least once been in the hands of a massage therapist, knows these techniques well. The most effective of them - kneading (longitudinal, transverse, gum-shaped, rolling) and stroking (especially deep grasping, which is performed by two hands). With the stroking procedure begins, it is interleaved and it ends.
Arms
Before the massage, wash your hands with hot water and soap, and if they are not warm enough, rub your palms against each other. Then shake your hands to relieve tension and negative energy. Do not use massage oil, even if the bottle contains an inscription "against cellulite": any lubricant reduces the effect. With oil, massage is easier, easier, faster and more pleasant, but it will be less effective.
An effort
With what power to massage, decide for yourself, focusing on your own feelings. If you are pleased, just a weak tingling - please, but it is better that the massage was not superficial, but deeper. Be sure to keep the sequence of receptions: the first serves as the preparatory stage for the second, the second for the third, and so on.
Smooth out the "crust"!
As an "iron" you can use the palm and the back of the hands, holding your thumb to the side and tightly closing the rest. As a rule, the palm is driven upwards, and downwards they come back, but you can do the opposite. Working with both hands, put them so that the fingers are located in the same plane parallel to each other. Well, if two hands are too crowded in the zone being treated too closely, act on the right.
Shake the mounds!
Work with the base of the palm or all of its surface, as well as the outer edge of a fist clenched hand or knuckles, the bug at the base of the thumb, the cushions of the index and middle. Move up, down, horizontally or spirally - the choice is yours! The main thing is that this movement should be more active than the previous one. This means that you need not only to press on the skin, but also slightly stretch and shift it.
Fat the fat capsules!
Act in a pinch method. Grab the skin with your thumb and forefinger, squeeze it lightly, lift it slightly and pull it upwards. Do not try to knead the subcutaneous fat in the manner of the dough, as it is sometimes recommended. To pull out a skin fold it is necessary without jerks and for a short while!
Roll out the cellulite!
Place the skin fold between the thumb and all the other fingers and, rolling over them, roll the skin upwards, like a rolling pin through the dough, at least 1 cm. It is advisable to go through the entire problem area, thus maintaining continuity of movement. Have enough patience. This method will first cause you difficulties, because with cellulite skin resembles a quilt: it is "sewn" with connective tissue fibers to the underlying fiber. When you develop a problem zone, skating will go like clockwork.
Put the fat on the shake!
First, work with the entire palm or pads of tightly compressed fingers - as you prefer. Fine vibrate them, shifting the skin in different directions. Then grab the skin in the crease between the thumb and forefinger, raise it, shake it (lightly!) And perform several vibrating movements. For a change, you can use a vibro-massager or even a mobile phone, putting it on the shakes.
Hit the problem!
To do this, you will have to resort to percussive techniques: slap and tap with the palms of your skin, beat it with the bases of your fists and the ribs of your hands, or use them as a kind of ax, performing chopping movements. Only without excessive zeal! After all, you are not engaged in harvesting firewood, but by improving yourself. Pay attention to this fact: shock techniques are not recommended for increased fragility of capillaries (it can be judged by the ease with which bruises form on the skin). Yes, and they do not apply immediately, but only after the third or fourth session.
Take advantage of anti-cellulite cream!
Apply cosmetic on the skin with light massaging movements clockwise - in fact, this is the final stage of the massage. If you do not have an anti-cellulite remedy, prepare it yourself: take 10 ml of olive oil as a base and add to it three drops of essential oil of orange, lemon or juniper.
Types of massagers
- Mechanical
They are in the form of brushes with a wooden or plastic "bristle" of various calibers, serrated rollers. When moving the massager over the body, its protrusions, like fingers, work through problem areas.
- Vacuum
The simplest option is the banks. Under them, a vacuum is created: the pressure drop causes an increased flow of blood to the area of action and speeds up the metabolic processes.
- Ultrasound
Massagers of this type can also be found in a compact version for home use. At the heart of their work lies the principle of ultrasonic destruction of connective tissue bridges between fat cells, which improves blood and lymph flow, reduces swelling.
Scope of work
The back area from the gluteal fold up to the point where you can reach. Longer and more intensively work out problem areas - the buttocks, side surfaces of the abdomen and back. Do it better standing or sitting in the usual way or half-arm (preferably on a stool or armrest chair), on one buttock, so that you can process the second buttock and side. Hands, especially the zones located above the elbow, on the back and inner surfaces of the shoulder (part of the arm between the elbow and the shoulder joint). You can massage them in any position, if only you were comfortable, and the muscles were relaxed. The whole difficulty here is that you have to do everything with one hand, and this is not very convenient, especially when the left hand. Nothing, eventually get used, just you need more practice! The hips are the back surface, then - especially carefully - from the inside, from the sides and finally from the front. Be careful with the inner edges of the thighs: there are many lymph nodes, it is undesirable to disturb them. Sit on the very edge of the couch or chair so that the hips are accessible along the entire length. Pull out your legs, bend them slightly in the knees and rest on the floor with the outer edges of the feet. The second way: sit deeper into a chair or sofa, leaning back, bend your foot in the knee and put your heel in another chair or other piece of furniture. So the hips will be easier to massage. The third way: sit on the floor, stretching out before him the leg, which you are going to do, and bending the other as you like.
The abdomen is in front and side, and also the area of the lower ribs. Massage techniques here have their own peculiarities: the zone is unusual! Do circular motions around the navel clockwise, increasing their amplitude. Skidding of the fat fold in this zone should be performed strictly in the direction of the lymph flow - to the inguinal lymph nodes in the lower segment and to the axillary lymph nodes in the upper segment. Plus, transverse kneading on the entire surface and gentle vibration. You can massage the abdomen while standing, but it's best to lie down to relax the muscles. Your task is to get to them in order to increase the tone of the abdominal press. Sitting this task can not be solved: the pent-up fat fold will prevent. Do you want to get busy with your problem areas from someone close? The action plan remains the same, but for you everything is greatly simplified. You just lie on the couch (preferably hard enough and installed so that you can come to you on the left and right) - first on the stomach with arms outstretched and a roller under the ankle joints, and then on the back. If you have too much deflection in the lower back, as is often the case with young ladies with fat deposits on their stomachs, a small cushion should be placed under the waist.
In the salon and at home
To get a noticeable effect, give the massage at least 15 minutes a day, and ideally to process each problem zone, you should leave 10 to 15 minutes. The masseur in the salon usually deals with you for about an hour, and the entire course consists of 10-20 procedures plus supporting sessions every 1-2 weeks and the so-called homework is the very thing that we, in fact, offer you to perform. It is possible that then the salon procedures will not be needed at all!
By calendar
Before you enter into the fight against cellulite, check with the menstrual calendar. The second half of the cycle is not the best time to declare war fatty deposits. Wait for the end of the critical days and begin to act! If you want to start right away, do yourself an anti-stress massage, stretching your neck and shoulders. Specialists found: 5-6 sessions of soothing massage significantly improve the results of the subsequent anti-cellulite program.