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What Really Happens To Your Body After 50 Years In A Coffin

Sorry, folks, but once your body's been stewing in a coffin for 50 years, there's really not much of it left. All of your favorite parts have been gone for decades, and the bits that are left aren't much to look at. The process of human decomposition starts almost immediately after death and leaves an unrecognizable lump of desiccated flesh within days or weeks of your demise. But, "what if I'm embalmed?" Sorry, no luck. Embalming isn't going to preserve you much, so let's go ahead and get that one out of the way.

Your body is embalmed to keep you looking humanish for your wake, but that's it. Embalming won't make a substantial difference 50 years down the road. To start with, embalming doesn't slow degeneration for very long at all. According to The Funeral Source, your typical mortuary embalming keeps your corpse looking fresh for a few days to a week, tops, just long enough for family to pay their respects. After that, it's back to decomposition as usual.

The first thing to go when you die, according to The Guardian, is your digestive tract. All the helpful bacteria your gut previously used for digestion no longer has an immune system to keep it in check, so it multiplies, spreads, and feeds on all of your internal organs, starting with the intestines. Flesh slops off from the resulting gas pressure, and now you're practically soup.

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Update: 2024-05-05