Good-Bye Cellulite.

As I was watching tv with my daughter last night, we saw a commercial for Nivea’s new Good-Bye Cellulite Cream. She chuckled, and said something to the effect of, “like that would work”.

I went on to explain to Caci that you never know what works for some women, and that maybe… just possibly, a cream like this could make cellulite appear to be diminished. But that I know from working with skin creams so much, that nothing can make cellulite disappear.

I visited the Nivea website, and found that Good-Bye Cellulite Gel Cream is a new product for them and the site goes on to describe how it works:

“L-Carnitine is a substance which is naturally present in the skin. It is known to be involved in the fat metabolism – more specifically it supports the conversion of fat components into energy. A sufficient amount of L-Carnitine in the skin is therefore beneficial.

NIVEA Research has made L-Carnitine available in a gel-cream: NIVEA body Good-bye Cellulite. Additionally this gel-cream formula has a cooling effect which leads to an activation of blood circulation.

Thus: regularly used the NIVEA body Good-bye Cellulite Gel-Cream leads to a visible reduction of the appearance of cellulite at the respective body parts.”

Take note of how it states that there will be a “visible reduction of the appearance of cellulite”, and not that it will make cellulite go bye-bye. My question is, does L-Carnitine penetrate the skin. Maybe I will ask The Beauty Brains about this.

Has anyone used this yet? Please share your results if you have.