“I love deep tissue massage and I have practised it for more than a decade but this does not prevent me from saying that deep tissue massage does NOT work for cellulite and it involves manipulation and depth of action quite different to what cellulite needs. Take it from someone who spend the last 25 years studying, researching and practising cellulite reduction. More details below.”
Does deep tissue massage help with cellulite?
Nobody ever got rid of cellulite with sports massage
The hypodermis is distant to the muscles and needs quite different massage manipulation too
Cellulite-specific massage vs deep tissue radiofrequency / ultrasound
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Nobody ever got rid of cellulite with sports massage
Some clinics advertise sports/deep tissue massage as an anti-cellulite massage, which could not be further from the truth.
Deep tissue massage (a.k.a. sports massage) is a massage technique aiming to work DEEP into the muscles to alleviate muscle tightness, pain or injury.
On the other hand, cellulite is an aesthetic condition that is characterised by hypodermal fat accumulation.
Now the hypodermis may be the deepest skin layer but it is still way more superficial than the muscles.
Below the hypodermis we have the intermediate fascia, then the subcutaneous adipose tissue, then the deep fascia, then the perimuscular fascia fascia and then the muscles.
The hypodermis is distant to the muscles and needs quite different massage manipulation too
Muscles and hypodermis are two very distant tissues. Furthermore, the massage manipulation muscles need is quite different to the massage manipulation cellulite needs.
Sure, all massage helps circulation and that helps cellulite too but not to any significant extent and not specifically for the microcirculation of the hypodermis.
All in all, deep tissue / sports massage is totally the wrong type of massage for cellulite reduction or even cellulite prevention. And that comes from someone who practised both cellulite massage and deep tissue massage for more than a decade.
Millions of women around the world have deep tissue massages and their cellulite is simply not reduced or even prevented by it.
Cellulite-specific massage vs deep tissue radiofrequency / ultrasound
For cellulite reduction and prevention, a strong, cellulite-specific massage that acts on the hypodermis is needed, not a massage that aims to affect the muscles.
Far more effective than massage, the strongest SAFE cellulite reduction treatment today is the combination of deep-acting, high-power radiofrequency and deep-acting, high-power ultrasound cavitation, ideally followed by high-power LED phototherapy, for maximum results, naturally. Take it from someone who has studied and practised cellulite reduction for more than two decades.
After more than a decade of providing intensive cellulite-specific massages we switched to the above combination, as it can act on two aspects of cellulite on which no massage can effectively act: hypodermal fat accumulation and skin laxity. And this is what we keep providing today at the clinic.
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At LipoTherapeia we have specialised 100% in skin tightening and cellulite reduction for more than two decades and 20,000+ sessions.
This is all we study and practise every day and have researched and tried hands-on all the important skin tightening equipment and their manufacturers.
As strong, deep acting radiofrequency and deep-acting, high-power ultrasound cavitation are the technologies of choice for skin tightening and cellulite reduction, we have invested in the best RF/ultrasound technologies in the world.
(Of course, we keep looking for new technologies every day and if/when a better technology materialises we will be the first to provide it. However, we will never follow the latest ineffective gimmick, just because it’s good marketing to offer the latest hyped up - yet ineffective and/or unsafe treatment.)
Furthermore, over the last two decades we have developed advanced RF and cavitation treatment protocols in order to make the most of our technologies, for maximum results, naturally and safely.
And for even better, faster results, we now combine our RF/ultrasound treatments with high-power red/infrared light LED treatment.
Our radiofrequency/ultrasound/LED treatments are comfortable, pain-free, downtime-free, injection-free, 99.5%+ safe and always non-invasive.
(No unsafe and ineffective RF microneedling or HIFU and no safe but ineffective acoustic wave therapy, superficial RF (bipolar/tripolar/multipolar etc), low power RF/cavitation, electrical muscle stimulation, lymphatic massage, cupping, dry brushing and no ridiculous bum bum creams.)
Our focus is on honest, realistic, science-based treatment, combined with caring, professional service, with a smile.
We will be pleased to see you, assess your cellulite, skin laxity or fibrosis, listen to your story, discuss your case and offer you the best possible treatment.
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