• Question: Do peoples hair continue to grow when they die?

    Asked by anon-225189 to Simon, Natalie, Katy on 21 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Natalie Fowler

      Natalie Fowler answered on 21 Nov 2019: last edited 21 Nov 2019 2:34 pm

      For hair to grow, new cells would need to be produced. When somebody dies their body stops producing cells and the current cells die away.

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  • Photo: Paul

    Paul commented on :

    Exactly as Natalie says! People thought hair and nails grew after death because the tissues of the body would contract and shrink – so while it looked like their nails grew, they didn’t. The skin shrunk!