How to Reduce Cellulite & Tighten the Skin

Many people, including 90 percent of women, have cellulite. It comes from reduced blood flow to the area in which it is stored, hormones, poor diet and inactivity. With simple changes in your lifestyle, such as your diet, the amount and type of exercise you get and by investing in quality skin care creams, you can reduce and even eliminate cellulite, get tighter skin and feel better about your overall appearance.

Things You'll Need

• Healthful foods
• Access to cardio and resistance training equipment
• Foam roller
• Cellulite cream

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Instructions

• 1

  Eat healthier. Cellulite is partially caused by an unhealthy diet. To combat, reduce and prevent cellulite and get tighter, toned skin, rid your diet of all processed foods, such as those containing chemicals, artificial ingredients, refined sugars and bleached flours. Replace those foods with whole foods, such as whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, lean proteins and healthy fats.

• 2

  Exercise. Because cellulite is partially caused by poor circulation and lack of blood flow to the areas affected, incorporate more activity into your lifestyle. Get cardiovascular activity every day, such walking, running, stair climbing or using an elliptical machine.

• 3

  Train with resistance. Incorporating a weight-training routine into your lifestyle will help you build lean muscle tissue, which will cause your body to burn more calories at rest and reduce total body fat. Resistance training is another way to increase blood flow to the cellulite, which will help tighten your skin in combination with the reduction and eventual disappearance of cellulite.

• 4

  Foam roll for 15 to 20 minutes, three times per week. In Nicole Dorsey-Straf's article for thatsfit.com, celebrity trainer Ashley Borden says that using a foam roller helps break down fat fibers and helps oxygen flow into the areas affected by cellulite. She suggests foam rolling in conjunction with a cardio and resistance training workout.

• 5

  Apply a cellulite-reducing, skin-tightening cream. Choose a product whose ingredient list contains those that increase circulation, smooth the skin and increase thickness. These ingredients include aminophylline, theophylline, caffeine, natural cocoa, coleus extract and yeast extract peptides.