I 23(f) have lost two close friends in horrific circumstances over the last few years. Can anyone explain to me why bodies,
particularly faces, looks so different after death – is it because they’ve been embalmed, or is it the human brain not being able to process what they’re seeing infront of them? Apologies if this is too gruesome for this sub, i think this might be me grieving and just trying to find some way to understand why.
In: Biology
The main answer is skin color. Your skin is covered with tiny blood capillaries which give our skin that sort of brightness that a dead body doesn’t have. Your skin gets pale and ashen when you don’t have blood circulating to it. Even in darker skinned people the difference is apparent. We’ve actually evolved to be quite good at recognizing this even when it’s subtle.
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