Lauren Taylor: Florida mortician reveals what happens if you die with acrylic nails on

A famous mortician has revealed what happens if a person dies with acrylic nails on after a concerned cuticle fanatic questioned her on social media.

Lauren Taylor, a mortician from Florida, has responded (thoroughly) to an Instagram user’s question about this rogue death detail.

She pondered: “if I died with acrylics on my nails, would I get buried with those nails?”

“Would I go to the grave with the same set of nails on?”

It wasn’t just her, many nail art lovers also expressed concern about their final set — will they stay on forever?

Taylor said the first question she asks is “do they still look good?”

“That is the real question, because when someone walks up to a casket, what do they look at first? The face and the hands,” she said.

It seems the appearance of ones hands are crucial, even after death.

“We pay extra attention to those nails girl. Let me tell you, in mortuary school they do not prepare you for how often you’re going to be painting people’s fingernails and even toenails,” Taylor said.

“I have gone through more nail polish as a funeral director than I have as a teen girl in the early 2000s.”

Taylor went on to explain that natural nails don’t look normal after death, in fact they often stay purple even after the embalming process is complete due to an imbalance in fluid distribution.

She said nail polish is often used to cover up the discolouration, and can “complete the look” of the dead person.

When it comes to acrylics, Taylor said if they are “intact” and “slaying from beyond the grave” then they will stay on.

If the person had been through some physical trauma which impacted the nails, then Taylor said a decision must be made.

“If they are cracked or busted from something like a car accident, I will take them off, buff the nail, maybe paint it a colour your family selects,” she said.

Controversially to some, Taylor said she is also a fan of press-on nails.

“Don’t haunt me,” she joked.

She said if your family or friends want to bring a nail tech to do your nails, that can be arranged.

“They are more then welcome to come on in. We’ve got a spot right next to the casket and plenty of lighting,” she said.

“In my care, even in death, your nails will be left to rest, flawless.

“Gotta help a girl out, I want you to look stunning too,” she said.

Commentators had mixed feelings about the nail revelation.

“Please bury me in my frenchies, don’t forget the matching toes too,” one Instagram user commented.

“Imagine if the family requested your least favourite colour

Some were inspired to follow in Taylor’s footsteps.

“Sometimes I think about becoming a mortician just so I can make people look fabulous,” an Instagram user wrote.

One user shared her experience painting a loved ones nails.

“I got to do my mamaws nails in the nursing home for her after she passed. I’ll never forget applying her favourite polish to her beautiful long nails as a final gesture for her. Then I put one of my favourite sterling silver rings on her finger. It will be with her forever. So glad the funeral home let us do that for her!”