90% of women over the age of 30 struggle with cellulite at one point or the other in their lives. 93% of all women have to deal with this challenge.

These statistics should let you know that you aren’t alone. When dealing with cellulite, you’re facing a problem faced by virtually all women.

Cellulite typically appears on the belly, the buttocks, and thighs. Dimple-like bumps in affected areas are the most common defining features of cellulite. To many women, the bum and the abdomen can remain covered without severely diminishing their capacity to make a fashion statement.

Thighs are a different ballgame altogether. The inability to enjoy your summer collection due to the appearance of your legs may be considered a severe impediment to your pursuit of happiness!

It’s, for this reason, that understanding how to get rid of cellulite on thighs is a significant issue of concern to women.

What is Cellulite?

Cellulite forms when fatty deposits in the body press against the vertical connective tissue beneath the skin. Besides fats, cellulite also consists of undrained body fluids and toxins.

It’s because of this different composition that exercises alone don’t cure cellulite. It’s also noteworthy that cellulite affects both overweight and underweight women.

Please note that other than aesthetics, there are no health risks associated with cellulite.

What Causes it?

Several factors contribute to cellulite. The main reason is hormonal changes. The different hormones in women are probably the reason why cellulite is more prevalent in women than in men.

Other factors include genetics, poor diet, lack of exercise, drugs abuse, and stress.

How to Get Rid of Cellulite on Thighs

There are several easy ways to get rid of cellulite on thighs at home. They include:

Massage

As observed above, one of the causes of cellulite is excess fluids under the skin. Fluids accrue beneath the skin due to your body’s inability to adequately drain them off.

Massage helps with this cause of cellulite by improving your body’s lymphatic drainage. As observed above, toxins domiciled underneath the skin are also a cause of cellulite. Reducing the fluids reduces toxins as well since they contain many of these toxins.

Another advantage of massage in cellulite reduction is that during a massage, the skin gets stretched, helping to straighten out dimples.

Cellulite reduction may be significant when using massage creams since they pack several benefits. One of them is that it increases the strength of your skin.

Please note that for the massage to be effective, it shouldn’t be a one-time thing. You have to do it repeatedly and regularly over some time.

Drinking-Water

One of the reasons why toxins accumulate in the body is dehydration. When you’re properly hydrated, toxins leave the body more easily.

Therefore, drinking enough water helps remove the toxins underneath the skin of your thighs and with it cellulite.  Another reason why hydration is essential is that dehydrated skin is thinner.

Thinner skin means that your cellulite is more visible. Drinking water thickens the skin, thus making cellulite less noticeable.

Exercise

Loose skin around the thighs makes cellulite more pronounced. Specific activities that help tighten the skin on your thighs help reduce cellulite.

The following are some exercises recommended for the reduction of cellulite on your thighs by skin tightening:

• Leg kickbacks
• Squats
• Step-ups
• Side to sides

For maximum impact, you should have a regular schedule for these exercises. You should undertake each type of activity you choose in repetitions of about 15 times in each session.

Burn Fat

As earlier indicated, fat is a significant contributor to the increase of cellulite. Therefore, reducing it in your body is in your best interest. It’s common knowledge that reducing body fat has many benefits, among them, the reduction of cellulite.

In the long run, it’s essential for you to have the right perspective on the matter of weight loss. Even underweight people are at the risk of getting cellulite.

Weight loss can only be considered as a solution to cellulite if you are overweight. Losing weight, may either reduce cellulite or reduce the appearance of it.

The following are some activities that, if performed regularly, can help you to burn fat:

• Running
• Dancing
• Walking
• Hiking
• Swimming
• Cycling

You should choose one of these activities that you enjoy most and perform it severally.

Exfoliate

Other than massage, topical application of body scrub that contains caffeine on your thighs may be helpful. Exfoliating using such a scrub increases lymphatic drainage, thus reducing fluids underneath the skin.

Caffeine in the scrub further increases skin tightness. If the scrub you use contains sweet almond oil, it will help your skin remain hydrated.

Some people have reported a reduction of cellulite on their thighs after regularly applying unprocessed ground coffee on the affected area.

Tanning

Tanning doesn’t reduce cellulite on your thighs, or anywhere else for that matter. It reduces the visibility of cellulite as cellulite isn’t as visible on darker skin tones as it is on the lighter ones.    

Tanning is a stop-gap measure to help you enjoy the outfits you couldn’t have experienced as you work out a more permanent solution. When tanning, try to avoid sun tanning and tanning salons.

Sun tanning and tan salons will help you get a darker skin shade but cause you other challenges such as wrinkling.

Managing Cellulite on Your Thighs

The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery states that as a woman, you can’t entirely avoid cellulite. There is nothing you can do about your genes and age, which are some of the main contributors.

Experts have also suggested that the hormone estrogen contributes to cellulite increase in the body. It’s due to the role of estrogen that cellulite appears at puberty and increases during pregnancy. Other factors beyond your control, such as body shape also attribute to cellulite on thighs.

With this information in mind, you’re in a better position to gauge your expectations when following guides on how to get rid of cellulite on thighs.

However, you can make the necessary lifestyle changes and get some treatments to help you reduce its appearance. Contact us for a more personalized discussion of how you can manage the cellulite on your thighs.