Artists in painting and sculpture over the last two millennia have perceived beauty in a woman’s figure as consisting in few muscles and a thick layer of subcutaneous fat. However, within the last four decades, there has been a radical change in perception, with today’s society defining the ideal female body as youthful and almost pre-pubertal; well-defined musculature with very little body fat is now the ideal. Th is recent definition of beauty has led to the development of a new medical “disease,” cellulite.
Cellulite can best be described as a normal physiologic state in post-adolescent women whose purpose is to maximize adipose retention to ensure adequate caloric availability for pregnancy and lactation. Almost all women who are not cachectic have cellulite. Th e topic of cellulite appears every month on multiple television medical and talk shows, as well as in the lay public women’s health magazines (which oft en show the cellulite in various female celebrities caught wearing a bathing suit, without the benefit of the air brushing that their publicity photographs undergo). Demand for the treatment of cellulite has become extremely popular: “90% of women have cellulite and the other 10% think they do." Sales of various topical therapies constitute a multimillion-dollar business; it is estimated that the sales of cellulite equipment is over 30 million dollars each year.
It is therefore time for a comprehensive textbook on the pathophysiology and treatment of cellulite. This subject is not taught in medical schools nor in residency training programs and there are few medical publications in the English language on this subject. As patients go to their physicians (mostly cosmetic and plastic surgeons and dermatologists) to seek advice on the pathophysiology and treatment of cellulite, physicians will need to educate themselves on this subject. 
Contents 1. Social Impact of Cellulite and Its Impact on Quality of Life
2. Psychological Impact of Cellulite on the Affected Patients
3. Anatomy of Cellulite and the Interstitial Matrix
4. Definition, Clinical Aspects, Classifications, and Diagnostic Techniques
5. Cellulite Pathophysiology
6. Diagnostic Techniques
7. Cellulite-Associated Clinical Conditions of Aesthetic Interest
8. Medical Therapy
9. Topical Management of Cellulite
10. Golden Lift “ in the Management of Cellulite: A New Member from the Golden Peel“ Family
11. Injection Lipolysis for Body Sculpting and Cellulite Reduction
12. No-Needle Mesotherapy
13. Endermologie–LPG Systems after 15 Years
14. The Use of the Tri-Active in the Treatment of Cellulite
15. VelaSmooth and VelaShape
16. Accent Unipolar Radiofrequency
17. Scientifi c Bases for the Use of Low-Level Light Energy on the Treatment of Cellulite
18. SmoothShapes Treatment of Cellulite and Thigh Circumference Reduction: When Less Is More
19. High Frequency Ultrasound Evaluation of Cellulite Treated with the 1064 nm Nd:YAG Laser
20. Dermoelectroporation and Biodermogenesis
21. Carboxitherapy
22. TriPollarTM Radiofrequency
23. CryolipolysisTM for Subcutaneous Fat Layer Reduction
24. Subcision“
25. Surgical Treatment: Liposuction, Liposculpture, and Lipoplasty
26. Study Protocols in Cellulite
27. Digital Photography and Other Imaging Techniques in Cellulite
Index
Book Details
- Author: Mitchel P. Goldman and Doris Hexsel
- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Informa Healthcare; 2 edition (April 26, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1439802718
- ISBN-13: 978-1439802717
- Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9 x 0.7 inches