When we die I've heard our finger nails and toe nails carry on growning. Is this true?

Answer 1

No. What happens is that your skin shrinks, so your finger nails and toes nails appear to grow but they really aren't.

Answer 2

I have heard that as well but I do not think that it is true. I mean when was the last time that they exhumed someone who had a head full of hair and nails that ran the length of their leg.

Answer 3

Cannibalism is defined as: the ingesting of human flesh by using yet another person. on account that nails are not categorised as human flesh and to be a cannibal you're able to desire to eat somebody else's flesh - not your guy or woman. Then no, it quite is not.

Answer 4

No they don't.
As the moisture from the body disperses the skin shrinks back revealing more hair and nail than previously seen.

Answer 5

Yes, so does your hair.Different parts of the body die at different, when you die, the body doesn't die as a whole, sure, your heart stops, your brain dies but body cells take time to die.

Answer 6

No it isn't true, It's just the skin shrinks making it appear as though they have grown.

Answer 7

no, the cuticles retract as the skin dehydrates, so the nail bed is exposed

Answer 8

no, the skin shinks and thus the finger nail hidden uner it is reveiled and so looks longer

Answer 9

Yup thats true our hair also grow a little!!..isnt that eerie?

Answer 10

sorry I haven't died yet so it is a bit hard to answer that one, why don't you dig one up and measure there nails and then you can answer your own question.