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Hair and Nails Growth After Death
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● FeaturedThis common belief suggests that a person's hair and nails continue to grow for some time after they have died.
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What People Remember
Many people vividly remember learning or believing that hair and nails continue to grow on a deceased person.
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What's Actually True
Hair and nail growth require a complex hormonal regulation and metabolic activity from living cells, which ceases at death. What appears as growth is actually the skin retracting and dehydrating, making hair and nails seem longer.
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#death#hair#nails#body#post-mortem
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