Does anyone know what they do to a body before a funeral? and what if it's messed up, like a car accident. I'd

Answer 1

For the most part, everyone has more or less gotten the jist of it. The embalming fluid is known as Arterial fluid, it's formaldehyde based. The blood is drained from the body and replaced with the Arterial Fluid. Aspiration is done to remove fluids in the thoratic cavity, which would aid in decomposition. After an aspiration, embalming fluid is injected to preserve the organs as well. In terms of broken limbs, long rods may be used to ensure that the bones stay in place. Make up is used to hide bruising, and to give the skin a natural looking tone, this is done based on pictures provided by the family. No make-up artist is required, Funeral Directors do all processes involved including reconstruction and all associated makeup. Even if the damage is substantial, the family has the right to an open CASKET service. The body is dressed, placed into the casket, and taken to the service.

Answer 2

they drain out the blood and fill it with embalming fluid. they empty out the stomach and guts so it does not bloat from gas.
They fix it up so it looks "natural", or at least as good as they can. Their cosmetics people can be very good and can not only give a normal colour to the skin and such but sometimes can hide an awful lot of damage. Sometimes no matter what they do nothing is going to make the corpse look anything like what was once a human. Then they close the casket and conduct the funeral without a viewing of the remains. Sorry.

Answer 3

I am a licensed funeral director and embalmer. Contrary to one answer, we DO NOT remove any organs. Prior to the funeral, we embalm the body using formaldehyde or gluteraldehyde based fluids, injected generally via the common carotid artery, and blood is drained via the jugular vein. We then aspirate, which suctions any remaining fluids from the chest and abdominal cavities. We then dress them and apply make-up, I personally use normal make-up such as Maybelline or MaxFactor, with some lip color. We glue their eyes and mouth shut with super-glue. If the person was disfigured in an accident, we do everything in our power to fix them and make them presentable. Despite our best efforts, sometimes there is no way we can repair it and we have to close the casket, but that is always a last resort. We use items such as plaster of paris, wax and glue, and stitching to repair damage. Hope this helps, take care!

Answer 4

they clean and fill it with formalaldehide, a tissue preservate substance. Then they wear it eith a nice cloths and that's it. If it's messed up, I think that the process is the same, and depend if the family has thempney for pay to a restaurator. I imaine this like the Godfather movie, when Vito Corleone ask to Bonacera (the corp makeover) to reconstruct the body of his dead son, Sonny.
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Answer 5

the short version is that they drain all the blood and use formaldehyde to slow the decomposition process. if the body is messed up, they are sometimes able to restore it. they can sometimes make the body look almost as good as the person did when they were alive. if it was a bad accident, they generally do a closed casket.

Answer 6

They clean it and drain all the blood out and replace it with embalming fluid. They dress it and usually put make up on them. If a body is badly damaged they usually have closed coffin ceremonies.

Answer 7

hhhmmm... before the funeral they put a preservative in you... it's inserted though large stainless tubes into your body...they'd also be needing to put you in diapers for a while because when you're dead peristalsis ceases, relaxation of the anal sphincter and bladder will make you urinate and pass your intestinal contents out of your body... after that they'd clean you up... and then they put cotton inside your mouth to prevent saliva from dripping out... then they dress you up... call in a make up artist and you're ready to go.

if your face is messed up they'd be stitching it together... if you broke you're jaw or something they'd put larger quantities of cotton to make the defect less worse. black and blue marks can be made to disappear with make up.

Answer 8

The guys at the morgue can restructure it or you best just cover it up and not allow viewing if its really bad...