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05-25-2013, 08:45 AM
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Re: Fingernails Appear Longer After Death
Nope they don't continue to grow after death. http://www.snopes.com/science/nailgrow.asp |
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05-25-2013, 03:44 PM
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Re: Fingernails Appear Longer After Death
I want to know as well! "Postmortem skin drying of the hand making the fingernails appear that they have grown. Nails and hairs do not continue growing postmortem. After death, the skin loses so much volume and water that the dehydration cause hair and nails to appear as if they are protruding further out". Not trying to be rude, I just think you missed the point. :) |
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05-26-2013, 01:04 AM
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Re: Fingernails Appear Longer After Death
The contraction of the skin that makes the nails appear longer was another thing that led to the belief in vampires and werewolves in medieval times.
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05-27-2013, 11:46 AM
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Re: Fingernails Appear Longer After Death
I'm not sure it sunk in, what were you saying they were again?  |
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05-27-2013, 01:46 PM
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 My Rank: MAJOR Poster Rank:137 Male. Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 11,830 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 478 Post(s)
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Re: Fingernails Appear Longer After Death
I've heard SO MANY people say hair and fingernails grow after death, but you're right, it's just the natural dehydration of the human body that causes the illusion.  |
