Combat your cellulite problems with just water

Thanks to the contrast of hot and cold water we dilatamos and make the blood vessels, promoting muscle relaxation and reducing inflammation.

Today we can find a myriad of anti-cellulite market remedies, to be really effective we need combined with a balanced diet and exercise routine.
In this article we give you one key more to enhance the effects of your anti-cellulite treatment: only need water and a few minutes each day.

Alternating temperature

If we have the possibility to use very cold water and enough hot water is alternately in our home we can benefit from the amazing properties of the contrast of temperatures. This therapy also known as Scottish shower and takes place in spas and other hydrotherapy centers.
The hot water has the property of dilating the blood vessels and promote the relaxation of the muscles and joints.
On the other hand, cold water contracts blood vessels and reduces inflammation, while it prevents the sagging of the tissues.
As a result of the contrast of temperatures, the benefits multiply and got the following results:

• Improvement of blood circulation.
• Toning of the skin.
• Improvement of the appearance of the skin.
• Metabolism acceleration.

In addition, to prevent and combat cellulite, we are also getting other health effects. Mainly we will strengthen immune gradually and will achieve a better adaptation to extreme climates, while immediately we will achieve a sense of relaxation and vitality very beneficial for the nervous system.

How do we do it?

The first few times can cost us enough apply us the very cold water, so we can start by a softer contrast and a time shorter. A measure that our bodies go adapting not only cost us less effort, but that we will obtain a very pleasant sensation.
This shower can do only in areas of the body where cellulite occurs either be done in whole body.
It will also be helpful that in the room where do hydrotherapy do not cold, but is a pleasant room temperature.
We will make the application in the following manner:

• 1 minute of hot water followed by 1 minute of cold water.
• 2 minutes from hot water followed by 2 minutes of cold water.
• 1 minute of hot water followed by 1 minute of cold water.
• 2 minutes from hot water followed by 2 minutes of cold water.
• 3 minutes of hot water followed by 3 minutes of cold water.

It is essential to always finish with cold water and make applications always following the direction of below to above and from outside inwards.

Application of anti-cellulite lotion

Out of the shower, dry ourselves with a towel that is slightly rough, since friction will help us return the body temperature and to open the pores of the skin.
This will be the ideal time to apply anti-cellulite lotion that we use regularly, since the skin will absorb it much more easily and the beneficial effects will be strengthened.
If we don't have a specific lotion, you can use a vegetable oil (almond, coconut, olive, Sesame), to which we add a few drops of pure essential oil of birch.
We will also use that time to make a circular massage of five minutes, with a moderate, in the areas with more cellulite. We can also make this massage with the help of an avocado seed, as explained in this article.
We will leave the skin to absorb the lotion and wear us normally.

Endnotes

We recommend performing this simple therapy once a day for fifteen days to obtain short-term results. Then we can space it a little and make it every two or three days.
This therapy is not only reducing cellulite in a progressive manner, but that improves the appearance of our body immediately.
Results obtained depend also on cardiovascular exercise at least two times per week and a balanced diet and without food harmful such as white sugar, hydrogenated fats, refined flour, refined salt and alcoholic beverages.
Some people may have a genetic predisposition to suffer from cellulite, but generally tends to be most caused by copying bad habits of cellulite have caused our mothers and grandmothers.

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