Desairology Hairdressing for Decedents

Hair Care  Pre-embalming  Hair Wash  Hair Conditioners  Hair Rinses: 1) to unsnarl the hair 2) to color the hair 2) to color the hair

Hair Care (cont’d)  Setting Lotions  Hair Sprays  Combs: regular, rat-tail, pick  Hair Dryers

Rolling/Curling  Rollers  Curl (End) Papers  Bangs  Smooth or Curly

Thermal Hair Styling  Curling Iron  Hand-held Hair Dryer Braiding Styling Hair for Men

Hair Coloring  Rinses  Permanent Dye  Tint  Semi-permanent Color  Bleach

Trimming the Hair Hairdressers

Abrasions, Lacerations and Razor Burn

Abrasion  protect surrounding tissue with massage cream  remove small prominences and scabs after embalming with a scalpel  if moist: surface pack  opaque cosmetic (discoloration), waxing  “feather” the wax

Lacerations  removal of scabs  removal of dehydrated edges  Pre-embalming Treatment  Embalming Treatment  Post-embalming Treatment

Razor Burns  Pre-embalming Treatments  Post-embalming Treatments

Bleaching  Discolorations: 1) surface compress 1) surface compress 2) hypodermic injection 2) hypodermic injection 3) phenol 3) phenol

Burns  Types of agents: 1) open flames 1) open flames 2) scalds 2) scalds 3) radiant heat 3) radiant heat 4) explosions 4) explosions 5) corrosive chemicals 5) corrosive chemicals 6) gasoline flames 6) gasoline flames

Degree of Burns  First Degree  Second Degree  Third Degree  Fourth Degree

Specific Burns  Thermal Burns  Chemical Burns  Electrical Burns

Decapitation  Attachment of head to trunk: 1) splint and/or dowel 1) splint and/or dowel 2) alignment of head 2) alignment of head 3) suturing muscles 3) suturing muscles 4) application of filler 4) application of filler 5) suturing of skin margins 5) suturing of skin margins 6) wax surfacing 6) wax surfacing

Fractures  Types: simple and compound  Treatments: 1) retracting and resetting 1) retracting and resetting 2) wire bridging 2) wire bridging 3) suturing 3) suturing 4) splinting 4) splinting