Manual lymphatic drainage is a very gentle and specific technique that works to stimulate the tiny lymph capillaries that helps to carry away excess fluid away from the skin tissues how does this help cellulite the science bit the fluid molecules bind to the fat cells which give the appearance of the bumpy 34cellulite34 skin manual lymphatic drainage or mld for short can reduce the appearance of the cellulite by reducing the fluid for the best results a course of six weekly mld