Do your hair and nails grow for a bit after you die?

No. However, the skin around them does recede a bit, which makes them look longer.Do your hair and nails grow for a bit after you die?
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Do your hair and nails grow for a bit after you die?
yes
not just a bit but a lot. up to 3-4 inches, that's 7-10 centimetres depending on how fast you decay.
yes
yep
no but skin around them pulls back and makes them appear longer.
well cells continue to function for a couple of hours after you die but after that no, they wouldn't grow
yes it has to do with proteins deposition, the hair and nails will die and stop growing a little later than the person's death this is usually 48 hours or less
yes, different parts of the body die at different rates and hair and nails are stll getting the protien.
Following death, the less of blood under the skin and water from the skin causes the skin to pull back toward the bone. Any hairs underneath the skin don't pulkl back, so are poushed out through the skin, creating the illusion that the hair is growing.





Nails don't grow either. Without the muscle power to push out the new covering, it cant move
The answer is no. This is a common ';urban myth'; that is easy to believe since after death the skin loses water mass from drying out and thus recedes causing the appearance of growth in the fingernails and hair.