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WOMEN'S CELLULITE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Unlike men, women do not have the same body makeup as men so the result is the appearance of cellulite. Even slim and trim women movie stars often have cellulite but good photographers know how to hide it with tanning techniques and special lighting. A suntan hides the appearance of cellulite to some degree.

If you try the $100 and up treatments at clinics to help you rid yourself of the appearance of cellulite, no matter what kind of treatment is being offered to you to fight cellulite, you may be wasting your money. No treatment anywhere has any long lasting effects! After you spend around $1500 to $2000 on clinic treatments and you are still not happy with the results the clinic salesperson may ask you to try even more treatments which may possibly again do little for you!

The same goes for special cellulite reducing shoes, special cellulite reducing creams and anything else touted as cellulite reducing, no matter what evidence they may use to promote the effectiveness of their products or services, do not always believe it even if they have so-called clinical studies as evidence to backup their claims. 

Remember, these clinical studies may have never been accepted or published by a peer-reviewed scientific journal meaning the results of the studies may possibly be biased and worthless! Who do you think pays the salaries of the clinical study researchers anyway? In a capitalist culture always follow the money to find out where any so-called scientific information comes from.

SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE: ABC-TV 20/20 8/5/05

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