The stomach is one of the more difficult places to remove cellulite. This is due to the fact that it is an area that is easy to accumulate excess fat and where exercises have very little effect.
The best treatments for stomach cellulite are cream, massage and body wraps. However, being the most difficult type of cellulite to remove, it will take a large amount of long-term commitment to get the best results.
Why Exercise Is Not The Most Effective Method
The best exercise for cellulite treatment utilizes both cardio to reduce body fat and strength training to increase lean muscle mass. This restores the balance between fat and muscle; and ensures that there is enough muscle to support the remaining fat layer and prevent it from clumping together and cellulite appearing.
However, in the stomach area it is very difficult to reduce fat and increase muscle. The tummy accumulates large amounts of fat very easily and the abdominal muscles don’t provide shape to the area like the quads and hamstrings do to the legs. In other words, you can easily have well tone abdominal muscles hidden beneath a layer of fat.
This is not to say that exercise shouldn’t be part of your cellulite treatment program. On the contrary, it is very important that you lose as much weight as you can from your middle if there is excess fat there (remembering that there are those women who have stomach cellulite and have low body fat levels). However, you cannot solely rely on exercise to remove cellulite from the tummy area.
The most effective strategy is to use a combination of cellulite cream, massage and body wraps.
Cellulite Cream
Cellulite creams utilize ingredients that specifically target cellulite. It is one of the more effective methods for stomach cellulite. Lotion works by targeting the fat under the skin and improving the health of the outer skin. Look for a quality cellulite cream that has plenty of high ratings for customers.
The cream should be applied to the stomach twice a day for a period of 6 to 8 weeks.
Massage
One of the more popular treatments for cellulite removal is massage. It works by stimulating drainage from lymphatic system, breaking up the deposits of fat and relaxing the connective tissues that are squeezing the fat cells.
There are two varieties of cellulite massage. To conduct it at home, you can either use your hands or a cellulite massager. A massaging device can overcome most of these difficulties and can reduce the time it takes to effectively massage. To increase the effectiveness of the massage, you can do the massage in conjunction with a cellulite cream.
There are a number of commercial anti cellulite machines that are used in beauty therapy clinics. Endermologie, Velasmooth and TriActive are the most well known. These machines are non-invasive and give a gentle and pleasant massage that is much more effective than a home massage device. However, a complete block of treatments on these machines can be expensive. Sessions cost between $60 and $100 each, and up to 15 sessions are normally needed to see the best results. To keep the results, you will need ongoing sessions once per month.
Body Wraps
A cellulite body wrap is a safe and natural treatment which uses a body mask of algae, seaweed, mud, clay or cream on the target areas of the body. The body mask is wrapped with cloth for at least 20 minutes. Once the mask and cloth is removed, a soothing and re-hydrating lotion is usually applied.
The wraps draw out toxins in the body and replace them with natural and healthy minerals through permeation of the skin, the body’s largest organ.
Body wraps are one of the more effective methods to remove cellulite from the stomach. They make it extremely easy to target the stomach and most women lose inches from around the tummy. You should see an improvement from the first sessions onwards.
