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Four days ago, fitness Instagrammer Liv Jadefit decided to resurface the trend, and it's not surprising how many women joined in on the hashtag movement, choosing to embrace their 'flawed' figures.
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Hip dips, also know as violin hips, are basically visible indentations that curve inward around women's hips. The curve is situated just beneath the hip bone. The shape has nothing to do with weight and everything to do with our body structure.
A quick search on YouTube and Google alike yields hundreds of results on how you can get rid of them, but you really shouldn’t.
"Gluteus medius isn't a meaty muscle, it wouldn't really be able to be built up to help with a dip. If the dip is from excess fat then exercise may help but again fat storage can be genetic. It's mostly down to high wide hips," says personal trainer Kelly-Marie Bakewell on Instagram.
Hip dip surgery and even hip dip exercises are common ways to apparently reduce the visibility of the indentations. While some women have claimed that they resorted to dieting and wearing high-waisted pants to cover up their dips, others wished for more extreme measures to be taken. One woman confessed she had considered liposuction at the age of 11 to get rid of it.
But while some women were celebrating this new trend of body love, others were not so keen to get on board and saw it as becoming an overblown stereotype.
But regardless of which side you're on it is important to accept and appreciate that everyone's bodies are perfectly sculpted, exceptional and unique. The best thing you can do is to learn to love yourself and have a good positive approach to your body. So embrace your dips, just like this feisty little guy has chosen to embrace his.
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