Hip Dips – How Can I Get Rid Of Them?
Hip dips are naturally occurring indents or depressions on the outside part of your upper legs, just below your hip bone.
More pronounced hip dips are nothing to worry about and are a normal part of your body’s structure.
However, they can prevent you from achieving a smooth hourglass figure, leaving you feeling insecure and unhappy wearing certain types of clothing.
What Causes Hip Dips?
They are caused by the shape of your pelvis and are perfectly normal. However, for some, hip dips are much more noticeable.
They vary in appearance from person to person, and whether you notice them or not will depend entirely on your skeletal structure. They are not an indication of being overweight or underweight, but their appearance is enhanced by muscle mass and how your body distributes and stores fat.
How visible your hip dips are will depend on several factors:
- The width of your hips
- The size of your greater trochanter (the top of your femur)
- The distances between your ilium (part of your pelvis), hip socket, and greater trochanter
- The length of your femoral neck
- Your fat distribution
- Your muscle mass
Can You Get Rid Of Hip Dips?
Exercise can help reduce the appearance of hip dips such as glute bridges, lunges and bench step-ups. Building muscle mass in your glutes and gaining extra body fat reduces their appearance, but it’s doubtful that you will completely eliminate them.
Unfortunately, there are no exercises, diets, or lifestyle habits that can change the shape of your skeleton. Hip dips are determined entirely by your genetics and build, and these are two things that you can not change or exercise away.
However, there are some surgical and non-surgical treatments available that can help to minimise hip dips.
Treatments For Hip Dips
Silicone implants or liposculpting are potential treatments for hip dips. However, as they are both surgical procedures, many people are put off by the risks and recovery time.
The good news is that non-surgical treatments, like dermal fillers, are just as effective – but no need to go under the knife!
Treatments such as dermal fillers can be used to add volume whilst plumping out indentations. They are also fantastic at smoothing out any cellulite.
What’s even better is that most dermal fillers include collagen, a naturally occurring substance in your body, often referred to as your body’s natural skin ‘plumper.’
How Do Fillers Work?
Dermal fillers are used to reshape, smooth, and refine areas of your body, commonly used to lift, give more volume, improve the shape and improve skin quality.
The dermal fillers used at Elite Aesthetics are made with hyaluronic acid, another naturally occurring substance in your body. They are used to rejuvenate and smooth your skin, as well as increase your body’s natural production of collagen.
Increased collagen will give your skin a natural ‘plumper’ look and add much-needed volume whilst reducing the appearance of hip dips.
The strategic use of dermal fillers is used to reshape the area giving you a smoother hourglass figure that you’ll love.
Are Hip Fillers Right For You?
If you’re thinking about dermal fillers, then the first thing you should do is book a consultation to decide what the right treatment is for you.
At Elite Aesthetics, consultations are held in our award-winning clinic based in Greenhithe, Kent which is just 20 minutes away by train from St. Pancras, London.
During your consultation, you will speak to one of our fully qualified, professional and discreet doctors. Here you’ll be able to ask any questions that you might have as well as discuss in greater detail the results that you want.
