Incidência de fibro edema geloide em mulheres caucasianas jovens

Cellulite is an unacceptable aesthetic problem, which affects females in some period of life. According to Ulrich’s classification proposed there are three cellulite’s stages: I, II and III. This study aimed at verifying the incidence of cellulite, by the localization and stage, and to analyze fat percentage in young Caucasian women. Thirty women, who are volunteers, with mean age of 20 years old and complaining of cellulite, were selected. Volunteers were submitted to an evaluation that consisted of anamnesis, physical exam, anthropometric measures and body composition. The fat percentage mean was 27.18. Therefore, it was concluded that cellulite has more incidence in buttocks and posterior thigh, stage I was the most affected, and the fat percentage mean was higher in this population with cellulite’s complaints.