Is cellulite a medical issue?
Do yourself a favor by shunning the stigma and by no means register cellulite as a disease in your understanding of it. It is entirely a normal occurrence, explained physiologically rather than pathologically. Cellulite has always been a cosmetic concern. Other than being aesthetically unpleasant to your eyes, it is not a harmful condition. The trend of body shaming that comes with Instagram and cosmetics advertisements directly and/or indirectly has turned it into an insecurity that most women get to deal with. Some women have a greater tendency towards developing cellulite, especially those in post-pubertal age. [2] More or less, however, it’s beyond body type, ethnicity, and age.
There are three layers of skin within which are two layers of fat; superficial and deep adipose layers. The herniation of excess fat packed in lobules through the dermis layer of the skin, accentuated by a simultaneous opposite pull of connective tissue fibers on the skin towards the underlying muscles, produces the characteristic bumpy and notched appearance. Simplifying it further, we may attribute dimpling as a manifestation of the imbalance of percentage of fat deposition in these sites versus the connective tissue fibers tethering it in place.