NoIt’s not just an aesthetic question: localized imperfections on the legs such as retention, cellulite, swelling and the feeling of heaviness return to make themselves felt and cause discomfort with the arrival of warm weather. What to do if the time available for oneself is always too little? The new beauty body treatments are easy, fast and convenient: apply while watching a TV series and leave to act even throughout the night. Between latest news, shorts and overalls for a complete total body.
Cellulite and water retention: all the reasons
«Arms, belly, thighs and legs are the areas of the body where there is the greatest accumulation of adipose tissue. This is supported deep down by the muscle and is contained on the surface by the skin,” he explains Anna Mastropaolo, Technical Manager laboratories Diego dalla Palma.
«Without a healthy lifestyle, proper nutrition and physical activity that keeps the muscle structure in shape, it will lose its ability to support adipose tissue. The same mechanism also applies to the skin, which is no longer able to adequately contain fat ».
Added to this are the sudden changes in weight: it’s the so-called yo-yo effect, as experts have dubbed it, and it causes problems to the epidermis which, failing to adapt quickly to the new volumes, loses its elasticity. What does this situation entail? «The tissues become inflamed resulting in skin laxity, loss of tone, water retention, stretch marks and cellulite».
A third cause of the appearance of blemishes is theage: «In this case, with aging we have a lack of collagen and elastin production and, especially in these areas of the body, the skin loses its elasticity and blemishes appear».
Cellulite and retention do not depend only on weight
Behind the appearance of cellulite, and more generally all the various types of blemishes, there is not only excess weight.
There The first cause is purely genetic and is due to hormones: «Female hormones such as estrogens, gonadotropins and progesterone are present in a higher percentage in women than in men, thus increasing their predisposition to water retention and cellulite» explains the expert.
«In the subcutaneous tissue there is an accumulation of liquids and waste substances that are localized between the fat cells. As a reaction, these “swell” by pressing on the microcirculation, further accentuating the lack of drainage of these liquids and causing capillary fragility and poor circulation, two underlying causes of water retention and an initial inflammation, or cellulite”.
«Women are therefore more predisposed than men both for a matter of hormones but also for the structure of the adipose tissue. And this is especially noticeable during puberty or pregnancymoments in which the hormonal imbalance is high and causes an increase in water retention and stretch marks ».
But behind cellulite and water retention there are also other reasons. From a demographic point of view, the expert continues, it has been noted that the Mediterranean woman is more predisposed compared to Asian and African women.
Added to this are physical problems and bad habits. For example, the slowing down of blood circulation favors the appearance of cellulite; as well as stress, busy life, poor rest, as well as poor eating habits. «Also pay attention to some habits such as wearing high heels and narrow toes or clothes that are too tight because they make the situation worse».
Cosmetic remedies, from bandages to shorts. How do they act?
Cosmetics now offers a long series of allies, including creams, gels, oils and the latest additions such as bandages, shorts and rompers. “It tends to be It is advisable to choose the product based on the blemish to be treated. It goes without saying that more of them can be used in synergy if there are more than one problems to be addressed».
Among the novelties of the season there are bandages and especially shorts or overalls to wear. cutting-edge solutions, they carry out an intensive action without requiring any effort.
«They are made with inert fabrics and perform both a support action of a high quantity of product and of occlusion to make the functional substances penetrate better by inhibiting the conveyance of water and volatile materials».
Alternatively they exist special yarns that interact with the epidermis thanks to the far infrared rays Fir (Far Infrared Ray): «Emitted also by the body, transmit energy in the form of heat. The texture absorbs the latter generated by the body and releases it together with bioactive minerals that reactivate cellular metabolism. The fabrics used have high extensibility: they do not compress or retain the functional draining agents contained in the functional liquids with which they are soaked”.
Another novelty in the sector is also the cosmotextile which, in addition to performing the same functions as the previous fabrics, it allows a prolonged release of the active ingredients, so as to carry out a highly intensive action. «In this case, in fact, its action is no longer concentrated in 30 minutes but diluted throughout the night, so as to support the epidermal metabolism».
When are they used?
“In the case of creams, oils and serums must be applied twice a day. In the case of cosmotextiles, a maximum of two applications per week are required or only in the case of drastic diets. Their action is in fact very intense. Both types of products can also be used for preventive purposes» concludes the expert.
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