New creams smooth cellulite, but thin thighs from a bottle are several years away. (Originated from Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph)

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ Slather on a little cream each day, and in a few weeks you'll have thighs as smooth and thin as Barbie's. 
    That's the hype surrounding new products containing the asthma drug aminophylline, which, when paired with a patented cream base, has been shown to slim thighs. 
    Lost in all the excitement, however, is the fact that the current crop of creams may smooth the dimples of cellulite, but they're not strong enough to shrink saddlebags. Thin thighs from a bottle won't be a reality for at least a couple of years, when a stronger pharmaceutical version of the cream could be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. 
    Last fall, Dr. Frank Greenway, associate clinical professor of internal medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, reported the results of a small study he conducted with Dr. George Bray, director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La. In the study, 24 women lost an average of 1{ inches from their thighs after applying a cream containing aminophylline…