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Is this true that our nails and hair continue to grow even after you die?
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∙ 9y ago
dehydration of the body after death can cause retraction of the skin around hair and nails, giving the illusion that they have grown. All tissues require energy to sustain their functions, and no such thing is possible once the mechanism that promotes normal growth shuts down at death.
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∙ 9y ago
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How to stop your hair from growin?
I have not heard of any way to stop it. Hair and nails continue to grow even after death. Is'nt it easier to just get a haircut?
Does your hair stop growing after you die?
Yes. When you die you hair and finer nails do not continue to grow.
What two body parts continue to grow you whole life?
Hair and nails
How long does your nails and hair grow when you die?
They do not continue to grow after death. The impression that they do comes from the fact that the body shrivels up a bit after death, making the hair and nails appear longer, although they have not grown.
Does hair grown after death?
Absolutely not, there is a myth that the hair and nails continue to grow, however this is not true, what actually happens is the skin shrinks a little giving the impression that the hair and nails have grown a little.
Is the heart the last thing to stop in your body?
You hair and nails continue to grow years after your death, so no.
Does selenium grow hair and nails?
Selenium is important for hair and nails.
How a new fingernail forms after the old one fell?
Finger nails like hair constantly grow it is part of our lifestyle to cut them both in order to be considered well groomed. Even after death our hair and finger and toe nails continue growing for an undetermined period of time.
Does everyone grow?
Yes, everyone does grow. Unless you have a diesease where you can't, but other than that, everyone does grow. Your body stops growing at 30 years old and up, but your nose, ears and hair will continue to grow, even your nails, throughout your whole lifetime.
How fast do hair and nails grow?
0.00236 MPH for hair and 0.00187 MPH for nails
How can i make hair and nails grow?
Because your entire body is growing and constantly healing like a cut does. Maybe we don't utilize the worth of the hair and nails as we have in the past centuries or now even. I've heard of hair being used for mix with mud to go in between logs in a log house.
Why do fingernails still grow after the body dies?
i believe nails continue to grow because even though your "Dead" as in your heart is not supplying oxygen to the brain, cells continue to do work for a short period of time, thus causing hair and nails to grow for a short ammount of time fingernails never grow after death...its your body's skin that shrink and it seems that the nails are growing...
