When we die does our hair and nails keep growing? If they do, why and how?

Question: When we die does our hair and nails keep growing? If they do, why and how?
- Keywords:
  die,
  grow,
  hair,
  nails
Asked by EM26 to Carolyn, Peter, Richard, Sara on 19 Nov 2015.
- Sara Falcone answered on 19 Nov 2015:
  
  Hello 🙂
  
  It is an urband legend 😉 It might look like hair and nails keep growing (creepy), but it is actually the skin around them that retracts as it becomes dehydrated, making them appear longer than they are.

Question: When we die does our hair and nails keep growing? If they do, why and how?