Cellulite freezing cellulite is the herniation of subcutaneous fat within fibrous connective tissue that manifests topographically as skin dimpling and nodularity often on the pelvic region lower limbs and abdomen cellulite freezing is a 30 minute treatment per area and causes fat cells to disintegrate resulting in tightening and 39shrinking39 of body areas cellulite freezing is most commonly applied to legs and hips