- Is this a diva cup?
Hello, I'm Chloe and today I'm going to give some
lovely ladies this item to try out.
They know nothing about it,
other than it claims to help cellulite.
So I was scrolling through Facebook the other day
and up popped a video about this thing.
Well I've had cellulite on the upper part of my thighs
for years and I've tried so many things and nothing works.
But I'm in good company because according to a 2004 study,
cellulite affects between 85% and 98%
of all post-pubescent women,
which explains why there are so many
anti-cellulite products on the market.
So cellulite refers to pockets of fat
that develop right below the skins surface.
That cause like an orange peel or dimpled affect.
And it doesn't just occur on people who are overweight.
People of any size can get it.
Fluid retention, genetics, and lack of dermis strength
can all be factors on whether or not you get cellulite.
- Hi, I'm Hannah I've had cellulite for about 10 years
- When I was younger it was really a big issue for me,
I didn't wear any shorts until I was probably 15.
- I've had cellulite for as long as I can remember.
- My relationship with cellulite is not really something
that I think about in terms of the insecurities
that I have on my body.
- It started like in my late teens
and I kind of went through this heavier faze of my life.
And so I always thought that if I just lost the weight
it would go away, but I did and it's here to stay.
- I have it everywhere, I have it on my arms, thighs,
stomach, it's just a genetic thing
that has always been in my family.
- Well I think I probably have cellulite
on the back of my legs, I'm not 100% sure just
because it's like I don't go looking for it.
- When I see women who are flaunting their cellulite,
and not giving a shit, I love them so much.
- Celebrity magazine, it's always like,
someones butt like in a bikini and then it's like,
this person has cellulite, like oh my god.
Like is there anything more disgusting in the world.
- I'm kind of okay with it, because I realize that I'm not
willing to do much to try to get rid of it.
- Ever since college, I frankly flaunt my cellulite,
and I don't try to hide it anymore.
- I'm trying to just be happy with the body that I have.
- I don't know if I believe that cellulite products work.
- Like I don't understand why we're trying to get rid of it.
Why don't we just be happy and accept it?
I'm skeptical about this.
- I'm really intrigued as to what this thing looks like,
but whether or not I think it's going to work,
I don't want to hedge my bets on it.
- This might change my life.
This might change a bunch of women's lives,
but if it doesn't work, big deal I still have cellulite.
So I've seen this product on a bunch of different websites,
and not one of them can really explain
exactly how this product works.
Something about increasing circulation,
which I can understand, but also something about
it breaking down fat.
How do you break down fat by just rubbing it?
So, I'm not sure exactly how much you're supposed to use it.
Some websites say five minutes a day per area
for around two to three weeks to see a difference.
Today we're just going to try it out and see how it feels.
- If this is any kind of live creature Chloe,
I swear to god.
- What the hell is this?
- Is this a baby bottle cap?
- Oh did you just give me some Tupperware?
- Is this a suction cup to suck up my cellulite bits?
- I'll be honest, when you said like weird cellulite thing,
I thought it was going to be a vibrator,
so I'm a little bit relieved.
- I'm not fully sure but I think there's a suction,
you like stick it, and then you suction it.
- Are you supposed to like, oh.
- But I don't get how you generate the suction, oh hold on.
- Like a dent in a car,
where you like put it on and then the dent comes out.
- Never thought I would oil up my legs on camera.
- Very treat yourself, type of day.
- Now that I've lubed up my upper thigh
Attach it to my skin until it sucks,
then you just move it around right?
- [Woman] There's like a little planet,
it's like a huge pimple.
- [Woman] Oh shit.
- Okay so my skin is engaged, oh that feels kind of nice.
- Oh it felt really good at first
but now it feels like someones giving me
like a really intense hickey.
- Makes society accept me.
This is what we have to do, this is being woman.
- See this is too much work,
I would rather just keep the cellulite.
- It doesn't hurt, but you can see my legs
getting kind of red.
- Yeah it feels nice, like I want someone to do this to me.
- It's kind of hard to use, it's kind of,
you have to squeeze it and each time you,
it's like a hard plastic.
- I feel like I never really get this sort of alone time
with my bod, maybe I should do that more often I don't know.
- I think it does irritate your skin and muscle enough,
that it's swollen, so the swelling kind of
reduces the appearance of the cellulite.
- Like I'm just stimulating my skin a lot,
so I feel like that's maybe how this works,
smooth over the cellulite or something.
I know it's not like sucking the cellulite
out of my body obviously.
I was a little apprehensive,
because it seems like some of the treatments that
fix imperfections are painful,
so I'm relieved that it didn't hurt.
- It's the same idea that's behind lip plumpers,
that suck your lips in, so yeah it does like
plump the surface of your skin temporarily.
- It's supposed to be long term result,
or you're supposed to do it for a long time
and then see results, so for now I'm just sore
and kind of unhappy, but it could work.
- This is actually I feel like a nice stress release,
if they marketed it for that.
- I think that if I'm going to take the time to
like superficially address the issue,
I should just take the time to like work out.
- And I feel like for me, it's like why pay $10
when not giving a fuck is free.
- Hours of your day are spent suction cupping,
then yeah no one will see your cellulite
because you'll be fucking inside all day.
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