Wednesday, September 24, 2014

No, your hair and fingernails don't keep growing after you die

No, your hair and fingernails don't keep growing after you die


Ever heard the morbid little Fun Fact™ that your hair and nails keep growing after you die? Well, it's not true. It may appear that a dead person's fingernails are still growing, but that's only because the body is drying up. The skin's retraction around the nail just makes it look like they're growing.


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