Cellulite: a disease or a norm?
According to a survey conducted in the US, most Americans are confident that cellulite is a disease. This is not surprising - after all, TV is constantly offered "deliverance" and "healing" from the "orange peel".Also, women are constantly frightened by the fact that cellulite occurs because of disturbances in blood flow and accumulation of toxins.
The discovery of cellulite
For the first time, a French doctor who lived in the nineteenth century spoke of cellulite, but he called it not a disease, but a skin condition. This was considered normal. In the twenties of the last century cellulite was given a popular name - "orange peel", but it was still not considered a pathology.
Strictly speaking, cellulite was not considered a problem until 1973, while Nicole Ronsard, owner of a beauty salon in New York, did not write a book about the dreadful mounds on the skin - cellulite. At the same time, Dr. Atkinson's book appeared about a miraculous diet. Subsequently, Atkins and Ronsard began to act in concert. Atkins scared people with his articles and recommended cosmetic procedures for them, and Ronsard admired the doctor's diet. Then they were joined by other doctors, who invented new horrors about cellulite, trying to attract clients to themselves.
In fact, cellulite can be called a disease - but only the third and fourth stage, when the fat cells squeeze blood vessels and there are pains when pressed on the skin, cyanotic shade, etc. As early as the eighties, movie stars demonstrated to the world the cellulite of the second degree- and it did not seem ugly to anyone. The most nature in the female body is the accumulation of fat in the thighs, buttocks and abdomen. And it's not just that: the fat on the abdomen should protect the child from bumps, and on the buttocks and thighs a reserve is created in case of hunger. Now unhealthy leanness is in fashion, and therefore the slightest fat deposits, which, in fact, is cellulite of the first and second degree, cause panic in women.
Invention of the "gold mine"
In the late eighties, cosmetologists realized that cellulite is an excellent source of income. In the media there were horror stories about cellulite, women began to assure that this is a horrible disease, which you need to get rid of. Immediately appeared and advertising various creams, procedures that can get rid of cellulite. And really - now women do not spare money to get rid of the "problem".Meanwhile, cellulite is present in 98% of women, even in athletes. If you squeeze the skin, you can see the slightest irregularities - or rather, the fat cells that any person has. They are deprived except that people suffering from a neglected form of anorexia - a mental disorder, which completely refuses to eat. If anorexic is not treated violently, he dies of exhaustion. Are deprived of cellulite and those who suffer from deadly diseases - for example, cancer.
Therefore, dear women, do not worry about minor skin irregularities - this is a sign of health!
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