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Article: Getting rid of cellulite.
- Article from:
- Women's Health Letter
- Article date:
- August 1, 2001
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When I was in my 30s, I had "cottage cheese" thighs. Little clumps of unsightly fat covered my buttocks and thighs. At that time, I was a professional masseuse in Southern California and soon I discovered that my condition was not unusual. Lots of women had pitting and bulging, especially in their thighs and buttocks. In fact, other masseuses I knew concentrated in giving "cellulite massages" to women who wanted smoother skin.
I never heard any men complain of cellulite and never noticed that they had it, and for good reason. For the most part, they don't. Cellulite is a condition where the tissue that lies just below a woman's skin (called subcutaneous tissue) ...