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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
It was weird. Her face was all kind of bloated and deformed. I am not sure why that happened - whether it was the way she died or just bad embalming or whatever it is they do.
eta I should also note that I have only seen one open casket and it was her. Maybe all open caskets are weird-looking (more so than you see on tv).
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I've seen two open caskets (my dad, who died of cancer at 45, and my friend who died of AIDS last year at 38). In both cases, they were not bloated, but the facial skin took on a rather waxy appearance (and all wrinkles are gone, making people look younger than they looked when alive). Open casket is creepy I think because it reminds me of taxidermy and it feels to me like you are looking at some stuffed person. It can be helpful for people dealing with the "I can't believe that person really died" syndrome though.
