When a person dies, their hair and fingernails do not continue to grow! The reason this was believed at first was because the skin shrinks away from the bases of nails and the hair, therefore making it seem as though growth has taken place.
When a person dies, their hair and fingernails do not continue to grow! The reason this was believed at first was because the skin shrinks away from the bases of nails and the hair, therefore making it seem as though growth has taken place.