Description

The amount of cellulite affecting a patient can be graded.


 

Patient selection: presence of cellulite

 

The presence of cellulite can be detected by pinching the skin. Pinching forces subcutaneous fat into the dermis. A person with cellulite while show a mattress-like configuration of dimpled skin.

 

Paraemters:

(1) dimpling of skin while standing

(2) dimpling of skin while lying down

Skin Dimpling While Standing

Skin Dimpling While Lying Down

Grade

absent

absent

I

present

absent

II

present

present

III

 


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