What exactly is celluloid fat in the human body?
Body fat can be classified according to physiological function (white fat vs. brown fat) and anatomical location, among other things. It can also be labeled according to characteristic external appearance as in the case of “cellulite.” The latter is just ordinary body fat distributed in a peculiar way by the surrounding connective tissue, producing an orange peel look to the skin. “Descriptive names for cellulite include orange peel syndrome, cottage cheese skin, the mattress phenomenon, and hail damage. Synonyms include: adiposis edematosa, dermopanniculosis deformans, status protrusus cutis, and gynoid lipodystrophy.” “One plausible explanation – which also explains why very few men suffer from cellulite – is based on the composition and behavior of women’s fat cells and the connective tissue that holds them in place. Very simply, a woman’s connective tissue is very inflexible, so as females gain weight their fat cells expand, and tend to bulge upwards towards the surface of the skin
