Let's get this straight, ladies.

[Neith]

I'm so sorry, but I am tired of hearing/seeing people say this.


YOUR HAIR DOES NOT GROW AFTER YOU'RE DEAD!


Ok?


Just think about it. You're DEAD. All of the cells in your body are dead. Your brain is dead, your body can't perform ANY function. Your heart can't pump any blood to any cell of your body, including hair making cells. These cells don't receive any OXYGEN or ENERGY anymore, it is impossible for them to be active. They are dead.

To those of you who saw Kill Bill 2, the hair is now like the goldfish.


It's an old wives tale!

Just to those who didn't know... because honestly, if I saw someone in real life say that, especially a GROWN person, I'd have to wonder about them erplexed

I'm not trying to say I'm so much smarter than anyone else, but c'mon now!

Please check out these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair

"As far as the growth after death, it is a myth; the appearance of growth is actually caused by the retraction of skin as the surrounding tissue dehydrates, making nails and hair more prominent."

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1944/do-hair-and-nails-continue-to-grow-after-death

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_hair_grow_on_a_dead_body

http://www.blurtit.com/q401413.html


ffrant:

 

[MizzBrown]

Folks still gonna challenge you.

They firmly believe they will have WL hair in life no matter what AND have Ankle length hair in the casket.

 

[delray712000]

you scared me for a minute i thought someone had said something bad to you on this board. you are right. elementary my dear.

 

[Nonie]

I'm so glad to see you post this because that's always been my question: how would the hair be getting the nourishment necessary for growth when everything is dead? But I was always too lazy to do my own research to confirm what I suspected was a myth.

 

[Neith]

Folks still gonna challenge you.

They firmly believe they will have WL hair in life no matter what AND have Ankle length hair in the casket.

you scared me for a minute i thought someone had said something bad to you on this board. you are right. elementary my dear.

No... I'm not mad at anyone. I just wanted to do my part to straighten this issue out. Especially on here where the average member could write a book about hair.

 

[v2.0]

So what had happened?

ETA- Never mind- I get it.

 

[msa]

LOL. I just posted the same thing in a thread recently.

It's hilarious that folks believe that their hair will grow after they die but a black woman can't have long hair while she's still alive.

 

[Neith]

LOL. I just posted the same thing in a thread recently.

It's hilarious that folks believe that their hair will grow after they die but a black woman can't have long hair while she's still alive.

I never even thought of that. How true!

 

[Crackers Phinn]

It's hilarious that folks believe that their hair will grow after they die but a black woman can't have long hair while she's still alive.

Dead = low manipulation

 

[Amerie123]

Dead = low manipulation

 

[that_1_grrrl]

LOL, I've seen you say this in so many posts, it's not even funny. I've heard this debunked some many times in other places, I'm surprised there are still people who believe this. But to each his own.

 

[Solitude]

Does this topic come up a lot?? I never even thought about this.

 

[MizzBrown]

Does this topic come up a lot?? I never even thought about this.

Yes, especially in the "terminal length" threads.

 

[Noir]

Lolz yea I peeped that post today also.

I don't understand how people can believe this myth.... it is just.not.logical.

So when a body is decomposing or has become skeletonized they are still growing hair? I mean c'mon.

 

[Forever in Bloom]

Dead = low manipulation

Exactly. Then black folk can't say our hair doesn't grow. There would be a whole bunch of us in caskets with waist length hair because of low manipulation

 

[Solitude]

Yes, especially in the "terminal length" threads.

Interesting...now I want to go research this! lol, but I will take OP's word for it because that does sound illogical.

 

[Neith]

Dead = low manipulation

I can see it now... the Death/Low Manipultion Challenge 09'

 

[Lucky's Mom]

I can see it now... the Death/Low Manipultion Challenge 09'

Hilarious!

"OK ladies, we are going to KILL ourselves.... You must die, and then report your progress!!!"

 

[LiberianGirl]

I can see it now... the Death/Low Manipultion Challenge 09'

....now my hair can finally be WL

 

[Lylddlebit]

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[Irresistible]

what people are worrying about their hair length and growth when they in the ground

wowwowowowowow

now I done heard it all

 

[MrsQueeny]

what people are worrying about their hair length and growth when they in the ground

wowwowowowowow

now I done heard it all

Shoot me too. I am sitting here thinking, "and I should care because?" Q

 

[trenise]

Does this topic come up a lot?? I never even thought about this.

It comes up. I just saw it recently posted by someone. It was said with so much certainty I was almost sure it would be addressed. So here it is.

 

[Neith]

what people are worrying about their hair length and growth when they in the ground

wowwowowowowow

now I done heard it all

lol. It just bothered me because I don't understand how someone could really believe such a thing. It set me off. I've heard this in real life too erplexed

It's not even about the hair for me, it's more along the lines of do people not get the concept of death?

 

[Cassandra1975]

Hilarious!

"OK ladies, we are going to KILL ourselves.... You must die, and then report your progress!!!"

 

[Bint Yusef]

This thread is hilarious. I saw that post and definitely gave it the side eye.

 

[LuyshuZ]

Wow... didn't know people really thought that... I've seen on a few crime shows answers similar to OP post about the reasons people would think that though... Where is the post that led to this i'd love to see it =)

 

[msa]

lol. It just bothered me because I don't understand how someone could really believe such a thing. It set me off. I've heard this in real life too erplexed

It's not even about the hair for me, it's more along the lines of do people not get the concept of death?

Exactly. I just saw the same thing posted last night by someone who is a lawyer. I mean, you passed the bar exam but you still don't understand how death works?

 

[MizzBrown]

Exactly. I just saw the same thing posted last night by someone who is a lawyer. I mean, you passed the bar exam but you still don't understand how death works?

LOL The bar does NOT have the laws of mortuary as exam material...or does it?

Just cause someone has a Phd in Business doesn't mean they know everything. That just means they have more knowledge in THAT particular field. Not others.

There's folks who have a Master's degree in math but can't program their DVR to save their life..

 

[msa]

LOL The bar does NOT have the laws of mortuary as exam material...or does it?

Just cause someone has a Phd in Business doesn't mean they know everything. That just means they have more knowledge in THAT particular field. Not others.

There's folks who have a Master's degree in math but can't program their DVR to save their life..

I know I know. There are a lot of simple/obvious things I'm sure I don't know . I'm just amazed sometimes.