2006-08-01 09:29:35 · 18 answers · asked by johngineer 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
no, it is an optical illusion due to the tissue shrinkage, more hair shows creating the illusion that it has grown
2006-08-01 09:35:14 · answer #1 · answered by lorlor5683 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yea, the cells that produce hair still live after you die (in most case). However, the rate of hair growth is usually so slow that you might not notice a person's hair growing. Or by the time the hair grows to a percievable length, the cell that was producing them would die with no other cells to replace them.
2006-08-01 09:34:56 · answer #2 · answered by mrpoolny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hair grows very slowly (check a man's five o'clock shadow!) by cell division in the hair folicle. With the loss of oxygen (and nutrients) when death stops blood flow, growth stops except for a very few cells that were nearly split. Some fictional characters are somehow able to grow long white hair, against all odds.
2006-08-01 10:12:52 · answer #3 · answered by Kes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a myth that the hair grows. On death, it does take a few minutes for all the cells to stop receiving the oxygen they need to metabolise and produce their proteins. Hair looks like its growing as death causes the underlying tissues of the skin to collapse as the blood pools at the lowest point of the body. Decay processes shrink the skin and this gives the illusion of growth.
2006-08-01 09:42:33 · answer #4 · answered by Allasse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once the blood supply within the follicles is depleted, hair growth stops. However, this depletion happens shortly after death.
What may appear to be post mortem hair growth is actually a result of dehydration. After death, the skin and soft tissue in the body shrink, making the length of the hair seem longer.
2006-08-01 09:43:12 · answer #5 · answered by Mag999nus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
body cells really stay alive after any human or animal dies, if the cells were not been hurt by any reason. so hair certainly will be grow for a while after death until the cells die
2006-08-01 09:44:53 · answer #6 · answered by source_of_love_69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the thing that actually happens is the skin dries and receeds which makes the hair and nails look like they grow after death.
2006-08-01 09:32:52 · answer #7 · answered by DMR 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a certain period of time, both your hair and nails keep growing...
Why and for how long, I don't know...
2006-08-01 09:35:56 · answer #8 · answered by trancevanbuuren 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this question jogs my memory of a funeral I went to three years in the past, the guy were bald for many of his life, and on the Funeral homestead, the mortician placed a wig on him. He looked like a distinctive guy or woman, everybody wanted to be responsive to who that became interior the casket, until they went up for a 2nd look.
2016-11-03 11:34:56 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your hair appears to grow because your scalp shrinks
2006-08-01 09:39:09 · answer #10 · answered by Zelma A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋