Recently published on iVillage.co.uk is a feature I researched and wrote in October, called 'Cup away your cellulite'. The piece involved me undergoing a Chinese traditional therapy called 'cupping,' which Gwyneth Paltrow is famed to have had done (turning up to a film premiere with very visible signs of the treatment), and it was aimed at trying to make my thighs a little more aesthetically pleasing.
I booked in for some sessions with Manchester-based cupping practitioner Alison Levesley for the feature. She attacked my 'problem areas' using what looked like small goldfish bowls, heated to create a vacuum when applied and rubbed over my dimply bits. There were times that it wasn't altogether unpleasant, though I have to admit, on occasions, it was downright torturous!
Still, for a short while afterwards my thighs did look better, and it was very much an experience, to say the least. As is always the case in my line of work though, I'm happy that these opportunities get thrown my way.
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