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Cellulite Treatment Market – Overview
Cellulite is a condition in which a person’s skin of their thighs, buttocks, and hips appears dimpled.
Common names for cellulite include cottage cheese skin, orange-peel skin, hail damage, and the mattress
phenomenon. This condition is commonly observed in women than in men due to the fat deposition in a
normal women represents between 18% and 20% of body weight, whereas in men it represents only 10% to
15%. According to 2015, article published by American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, around 80 and 90
percent of women are affected by cellulite at some point in their lives. Appearance of lumpiness beneath
the skin due to fat deposits distorts and pushes the connective tissues, thus leads to the characteristic of
cotton cheese appearance of the skin. Causes of cellulite are unidentified, however it seems to result from
an interface between the fat layer and connective tissue in the dermatological layer, which is below the
surface of the skin. Hormones such as noradrenaline, insulin, estrogen, prolactin, thyroid hormones play a
significant role in cellulite development. Moreover, other factors such as genetics, age, diet, and lifestyle
also affect cellulite development. Cellulite treatment market is significantly gaining traction due to
increasing prevalence of obesity.