Myth: Even after death your nails and hair continue to grow for a short time.
01/01/07 00:00 Filed in: Urban
Myth
After death do your nails and hair
continue to grow?
Myth
Observations made by several people account for the visible signs of both hair and nail growth on dead bodies either shortly after or a long time after death. This has been scientifically observed.
Reality
It is true the dead bodies can appear to have grown extra hair and nails. However, the reality is that the body in fact looses water (we'll not dwell on this) and the result is that the skin shrinks and tightens giving the observer the impression of more nails and more hair. What they are in fact looking at is less skin, less volume to the body.
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