‘Nobody should have a closed coffin if it’s their family’s wish to say goodbye’ via IrishTimesLife
From a young age I had a great interest in biology. I was also intrigued by what took place in mortuaries and autopsy facilities, so my interest grew from there.
Starting off as a pathology technician in the mid-1990s, I furthered my education as an embalmer. I went further afield and took embalming courses in the US. It was a privilege to be the first embalmer in the world to do a new advanced reconstruction course, and by 2002 I had completed all available qualifications at the Fountain National Academy in Missouri.
We previously used wax a lot in our work, but it can become very unstable over wounds. Then we went down the road of silicone, but it would activate too fast, which could defect the modelling process. So we set about developing a material that works like an adhesive tissue.
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