It’s almost that time. You know, that time when you find yourself standing in a dressing room mirror, trying on a new bathing suit, in that terrible florescent lighting that would probably even make a supermodel look indelibly flawed?  Yeah, we all know how trying on revealing clothes can make us feel, let alone a bathing suit. Bathing suits expose every little flaw your body may have, love it or hate it, and one of the biggest problems women report with their derrieres, even if they are skinny everywhere, is cellulite.

That’s right. Cellulite is the bain of every woman’s existence, from thin to overweight, and sadly cellulite only tends to get worse with age. Why do women get cellulite more and worse than men?

Well, it all has to do with estrogen, and the abundance of it that we have flowing freely in our system.  Our hormones and the fact that we are the sex that gives birth to children actually contribute to the fact that women tend to have more body fat than men. Men are naturally more lean than women are, and because of this, they have less of that “air pocketish” fat that deposits around key areas like the thights, buttocks, and even sometimes the upper arms and belly.

It is true that if you lose a portion of your body fat, the your cellulite tends to look much better. This is because your fat cells are not as large and “well fed” and they therefore do not bulge out against the collagen bands that are there to sort of hold it all in. This is what causes the appearance of celluilte – that dreaded, spongy, pitted look that women get around their outter thighs, butt and other areas.

Now that summer time is approaching, it’s time to kick your cellulite treatment regimen into high gear. Get yourself a good cellulite massager. Just one of those pronged, manual ones that you can buy online (I like the Seqhora and Philosophy brands). Also get yourself a good cellulite treatment cream and use that in conjunction with the massager on your problem areas. Try to do it every night after a hot shower, when your skin is most pliable and susceptible to manipulation.

If you want even better results in smoothing out the lumps, then try doing it twice a day, moving back to once after you’ve achieved good results.