The Role of Skin Tightening in Improving Cellulite

ellulite is characterized by alterations to the skinsurface of the affected areas, giving an orangepeel, cottage cheese, or mattress-like appearance.Depressed lesions are the most frequent and occurbecauseofthepresenceoffibrousseptapullingtheskindown, whereasraised areas resultfrom the projectionof underlying fat to the skin surface. These lesionsaffect mainly women after puberty, and on theposterior upper thighs and buttocks.With the aging process, the skin becomeshyperdistended and loose, resulting in a drapedappearance, and consequently worsening all cellulitelesions. Skin laxity is a significant aggravating factorof cellulite, commonly seen in patients after thefourth decade of life, sometimes earlier. Hexsel andcolleagues

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