“I am a big fan of vitamins, both in food and supplements, and over the last 25+ years in my specialisation with cellulite and skin tightening I have tried using vitamins for cellulite reduction topically - either in combination with absorption enhancing technologies or simply as skincare. The lesson I learned after literally decades of work on this, is that vitamins A, C or others do not make any significant change in cellulite or skin laxity and they are more suited to maintenance and prevention rather than reduction. Learn more below...”
Vitamins vs cellulite: do they help?
Which are the best vitamins for cellulite?
Can a specific vitamin significantly reduce cellulite?
Retinol and vitamin C: don’t hold your breath about their impact on cellulite
All vitamins are important for skin health but they do nothing special for cellulite
Vitamins and skin firming
LipoTherapeia® Plus: Have a skin tightening/cellulite treatment with London’s cellulite experts
The Cellulite School™: Get advanced training in cellulite reduction and skin tightening
Which are the best vitamins for cellulite?
Healthy nutrition is essential for cellulite prevention and this applies equally to vitamins, minerals, polyphenols, carotenoids, fibre, omega-3 fatty acids and protein.
These exact nutrients are the ones lacking in today’s Western diets and whose deficiency results in cellulite - usually in combination with an excess intake of sugar, unhealthy fats and carbs; a lack of exercise and physical activity; as well as smoking and the contraceptive pill.
Can a specific vitamin significantly reduce cellulite?
Regarding vitamins, they all have a role to play in cellulite prevention and they can somewhat contribute to its reduction, with perhaps vitamin C (ascorbic acid) being the most important, due to its antioxidant action and its important role on collagen synthesis.
However, don’t expect to reduce cellulite with high amounts of vitamin C, either by taking 3,000mg/day in supplement form or by applying a 15% vitamin C cream locally. Millions of people have done this previously and nothing spectacular happened.
Retinol and vitamin C: don’t hold your breath about their impact on cellulite
Sure, vitamin C can help a bit but only as part of other, more effective active ingredients in creams (such as centella asiatica triterpenes, hydroxyproline, forskolin, caffeine etc); and more effective interventions, such as deep-acting, high-power radiofrequency and deep-acting, high-power ultrasound cavitation.
Retinol (vitamin A) is the other vitamin proposed for cellulite reduction, when topically applied in high concentrations on the skin. However, with retinol the juice is not worth the squeeze, i.e. its benefit is not worth the trouble of skin irritation for which high concentrations of retinol are known for.
All vitamins are important for skin health but they do nothing special for cellulite
In terms of the other vitamins, the B1-B12, D3, E and K1-2, they don’t play any significant role is cellulite prevention. They are important for overall health, as well as skin health, as found in a healthy diet or a multivitamin but they will not have a specific impact in cellulite.
All in all, maybe some oral and topical vitamin C and some topical vitamin A will make a bit more impact in regard to cellulite that other vitamins but don’t hold your breath about more than 2-5% improvement in cellulite appearance.
Vitamins and skin firming
Perhaps these two vitamins (A & C) can have a more important contribution towards skin firming, as part of a holistic skin firming regime, combining:
deep-acting, high-power radiofrequency
high-power LED phototherapy
topical application and oral intake of polyphenols (e.g. pine bark extract, cocoa flavanols, centella asiatic triterpenes)
oral peptide intake (e.g. hydrolysed collagen)
topical peptide application (e.g. hydroxyproline peptide or other skin peptides)
LipoTherapeia® Plus: Have a skin tightening/cellulite treatment with London’s cellulite experts
At LipoTherapeia we have specialised 100% in skin tightening and cellulite reduction for more than a quarter of a century and 24,000+ 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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Look Inside Your Skin™ with a Cellulite Ultrasonography™ scan, exclusive to LipoTherapeia in London, and assess your cellulite, skin laxity, post-liposuction fibrosis and more
We are proud to be the first and only cellulite clinic in the world to offer Cellulite Ultrasonography™ to our clients, for accurate assessment, better treatment and enhanced results. Since 2022 we have assessed and provided valuable insights to hundreds of clients to better understand their specific case, see how their skin looks from inside and make informed decisions.
You can now book your Cellulite Ultrasonography™ session and assess your:
Cellulite
Skin laxity
Lipedema
Subcutaneous fat levels
You can also assess the presence and severity of fibrosis and adhesions after:
Liposuction in all its forms, including vaser, smart lipo, bodytite, abdominoplasty/tummy tuck, thigh lift, arm lift, lipedema surgery etc
Cellulite surgery, such as cellulaze, cellutite, cellfina, subcision etc
Face-lift surgery
Non-surgical procedures, such as RF microneedling, extreme intensity HIFU, extreme intensity RF, extreme intensity ultrasound etc
Everything will be shown and explained to you clearly and you can see and understand how the different structures inside your skin affect your appearance.
If there is scar tissue / fibrosis, those will be clearly seen and you can differentiate between fibrosis, water retention or unremoved fat after all types of cosmetic surgery or harsh non-surgical procedures such as RF microneedling, extreme intensity HIFU etc.
(DISCLAIMER: Please note that this service is for your informational purposes only and does not constitute medical diagnosis or advice.)
The 45’ appointment includes full assessment and consultation and optional treatment plan for cellulite reduction and/or skin tightening.
If you do wish to have treatment with us, the ultrasound scan, assessment and consultation will be used to optimise your course of treatments and maximise your results.
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Why train with The Cellulite School™?
We all know that training in cellulite reduction and skin tightening is as basic as it gets. It is typically a 4-6 hour training, involving only basic instruction from the manufacturer on how operators can use the machine; lots of myths, erroneous information and misconceptions; and some basic health and safety on how to use the machine.
There is no proper, real training in the science or cellulite, skin tightening, radiofrequency, ultrasound and all related technologies is non-existent - worldwide.
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