I happened to purchase a bathing set a little while ago, and a little instrument came with it that I ended up using as a circulation stimulator to help reduce my cellulite, as a cellulite treatment, along with manual massage with my hands and a good circulation stimulating cellulite treatment cream. It has a wood base, with multiple rounded rubber prongs sticking out of it, about a half inch in length, perhaps a little shorter.
You’ve probably seen these many times in bath kits, or you may have even purchased a bath kit with one in it for someone else around the holidays, since bath an spa kits seem to be a popular gift around the holidays these days. It looks almost like a paddle brush, without the handle. It often has a cloth strap so you can hold it on your hand a bit more securely when you’re using it to massage the skin.
The way I use it as an addition to my cellulite treatment regimen, is I apply my cellulite reduction cream to my thighs and buttocks, where most other women get this unfortunate texture, and let it sink in for a moment. I don’t apply too much so that it will be a slick surface when I massage with the tool, but enough so that it will allow it to glide a bit more easily over my skin without painfully gripping it.
I then take the paddle and I apply a medium pressure in an upward motion, toward the heart. You should always do your massage on cellulite in an upward motion. You are trying to sculpt the thighs in an upward way, instead of encouraging the tissue downward, so that you get more smoothness and are also encouraging the tissue to stay up, rather than sage – which is definitely NOT what you want.
I do this regimen for about five minutes on both legs total and the buttocks, every night, or every other night, depending on if I have the time or feel like doing it. I do think that it helps smooth the appearance of the cellulite, because I have seen an improvement since using this tool as a massager. It helps to break up the fatty deposits that create the puckerd look by essentially forcing them apart.
Don’t be surprised if you’re a little bruised when you first start doing it. Fat tends to bruise very easily, and this part of your body is not used to pressure, so it will probably easily bruise. Don’t worry, it should subside fairly quickly, since it is pretty much a surface bruise and does not go too deep under the skin.
