2006-10-06 06:13:46 · 21 answers · asked by alanR55 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
when you die, your body dehydrates and the skin retracts, giving the appearance of the hair and nails growing, but in actuality, they do not.
2006-10-06 06:19:13 · answer #1 · answered by iilea62 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not true about the nails - when the body dies, the skin dries out and pulls away from the nails, therefore the nails appear to be longer, but they didn't grow. As far as the hair goes - I wouldn't think it grows after death - that's just urban legend!
2006-10-06 06:22:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not! What happens is that the skin shrinks back, giving the impression that the hair and nails continue to grow.
2006-10-06 08:12:44 · answer #3 · answered by micksmixxx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a popular myth. In actual fact, we shrink after death, which gives the impression that our nails and hair grow. Hope you continue not to shrink for a long while and have a happy life :o).
2006-10-06 06:19:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely : NO, it's a urban myth. A few days after someone is passed away, the hairs and nails appears longer, because the body dehydrates and the skin retracts!
2006-10-06 06:32:45 · answer #5 · answered by montanus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some bodily processes do carry on until they run out of nutrients needed, so the hair and nails will grow a bit then stop.
2006-10-06 06:18:45 · answer #6 · answered by baddatum 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They only appear to grow because the skin is starting to decay. Skin decays faster than hair and nails.
2006-10-06 06:25:37 · answer #7 · answered by momoftwo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it doesn't, the skin just shrinks and retracts, so it appears the hair/nails are growing when really there just more visible
2006-10-06 06:25:03 · answer #8 · answered by Sadbh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not at all, the skin rots away giving the illusion that the hair n nails are growing x x
2006-10-06 06:22:00 · answer #9 · answered by X.hel.X 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not true, once someone passes away all the organs do not funtion therefore the nails, hair stops growing.
2006-10-06 06:15:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋