“I have lived almost 30 years in London, 24 of which specialising in cellulite. I love this city and it gave me a lot but I also recognise that it is not the most wholesome place to live - and this results in overweight, metabolic imbalance and indeed cellulite.”
London and cellulite
How London’s unhealthy lifestyles cause cellulite
Have you ever heard of the “London effect”?
How Western diet and lifestyle causes cellulite
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How London’s unhealthy lifestyles cause cellulite
"Since I’ve moved to London I have put on so much weight"
"I always had a little bit of cellulite but since I moved to London my cellulite has got worse than ever"
“I don’t exercise in London as much as I used to back home, so I put on weight”
As a cellulite specialist I have seen literally thousands of women, British and from all parts of the world, and I have heard those phrases countless times in the last couple of decades.
My clients at the clinic seem to agree that, to put it bluntly, “London makes you fat and gives you cellulite”. And this does not come as a surprise to them, as they know that their habits have become a lot more unhealthy since they moved to London.
Find out the reasons why London is so bad for the health and appearance of so many Londoners and 100+ things what you can do about it.
Have you ever heard of the “London effect”?
“The London effect” is defined as as “The phenomenon of rapid weight gain experienced by a non-British person upon settling in London, attributed to a busy schedule encouraging the consumption of convenience food”. New Zealanders and Australians call it “the Heathrow injection”.
Londoners tend to put on weight, and develop cellulite, due to a multitude of reasons:
Moody weather which encourages comfort eating and an indoor, inactive lifestyle
Poor food choices in pubs and restaurants
Long commutes and fast food, meaning inactivity and excess, empty and unhealthy calories
The drinking culture
The takeaway, street food and restaurant cultures that, again, result in excess, empty and unhealthy calories
Luxury living and “the champagne lifestyle”: biology does not discriminate between posh and cheap calories and alcohol
The bottomless prosecco afternoon tea and the Great British Bake Off obsessions, meaning insulin resistance, overweight and, yes, cellulite
Constant traveling, for work and for pleasure, which mean airport food, airplane food and hotel food - not the best for your blood vessels, skin, waistline or cellulite
Social media and Netflix which encourage inactivity and comfort eating
Collectively all the above constitute what one may call “the Heathrow cellulite injection”.
Of course, this “fat/cellulite injection” does not only apply to people emigrating to London but to born and bread Londoners too. In fact, most of the points on this article apply to other large northern cities, such as New York for example, (there is indeed a thing called “the JFK injection” too).
But most probably there is no such thing as "the Sydney injection" or the "Miami injection" in warmer, more body-focused, fitness-focused or outdoor living oriented countries…
How Western diet and lifestyle causes cellulite
The effect is always the same: adhering to the typical Western diet, activity patterns, stress and lifestyle (which more and more people around the world do, even in developing nations), has a negative effect on overall health, and specifically on the skin.
Metabolic inflammation, oxidative damage, poor circulation, glycation are all hallmarks of this lifestyle and are directly responsible for cellulite, skin laxity, water retention and skin ageing.
The solution is always the same: healthy nutrition, exercise and an overall wholesome lifestyle. Visit our comprehensive guide for 100+ tips on how to reduce cellulite and tighten your skin.
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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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