✨Mortician things✨

[@Rose-co4qs]

I never thought about what mortician did with injuries to the face when fixing the bodies up for their funerals. It's pretty cool and interesting stuff I have to say.

[@NikkiFCO]

I never thought about this being something that needs to happen. That’s fascinating, which I feel weird saying!

[@EvieVargas]

@@NikkiFCOit’s my favorite. To be able to make someone look whole again after an accident, gun shot wound etc. it’s literal art!!😊

[@original_demonic]

My grandad just died, his funeral is on his and my nans anniversary (her choice). He’s “too far gone” for an open casket, and I know I won’t see his face again. I had the choice to be with him when he died, but I couldn’t handle being there, and so I said no. My mum, his daughter, listened to his heartbeat stop. I hope that one day every person can look pristine in their casket, so people can say one last goodbye to the person they know, not who’s laying there. My grandad had cancer that spread from his pancreas to his lungs, and couldn’t eat for the last few weeks of his life. We spent Christmas there, but he was so sickly and skinny it hurt. That wasn’t him. He wasn’t the perfect person (and I’m probably the only one to see his true flaws), but even he didn’t deserve this. I’m glad you as a mortician are working on facial reconstruction and that type of thing, because it does mean a lot. It’s the family and friends last memory, and if they don’t look like themselves it taints everything. Also thank you for going into the job, it’s hardly goddamn easy.

[@susanmitchell8433]

What is that pink material your using? Wax? Will it stick to human skin the same way?

[@EvieVargas]

It’s wax! After embalming the skin isn’t as pliable and any wounds would be dried out with cauterizing chemicals. The wax sticks nicely and you won’t even know it’s there after cosmetics.