Does your hair keep growing after you die? You must have heard people say that hair and nails continue to grow after the body is long gone. But is it really true? Yes and no. Nothing in your body can grow after the death because the cells stop multiplying and reproducing. However, people, who are sure that the hair keeps growing after you die, are always ready to present plenty of evidence.

There have been cases when after digging up a grave, the relatives said that the dead person’s nail and hair have significantly grown. So what did actually happen? The answer is pretty easy and it can satisfy both parties.

The below video summarizes the process:

The Secret Is Simple

After the body stops functioning, the skin starts to lose moisture. As soon as it dries up, it begins to pull back on the fingers, toes, and scalp. While pulling back, it exposes more nails and hair. That’s why the locks and nails may seem longer because when you make measurements, you take the hairline as the starting point. The loss of moisture changes the location of the hairline.