Here’s What Happens To Bodies During Cremation, According To This Funeral Home Director

Here’s What Happens To Bodies During Cremation, According To This Funeral Home Director

A TikTok essential
Lauren is better known on TikTok under the pseudonym @lovee.miss.lauren. Her account is also THE reference for Internet users looking for answers on subjects related to death. Indeed, the latter openly addresses all aspects related to death, drawing on her past experience in funeral homes. Lauren is also very followed on social networks, with more than 2.5 million subscribers.

The mystery of ashes
Among the questions of Internet users, one question seems to particularly concern many people: the one concerning what happens to the body during cremation. In one of her TikTok videos, she answers the question raised by a subscriber: “How do I know if I have received my loved one’s ashes after their cremation?”

Traceability of the deceased
Lauren responds by explaining: “When we take a deceased to the crematorium, we give them a metal identification tag (…) And this tag stays with the deceased throughout the process. Then, we put the remains of the deceased in a sealed bag. Finally, we print a cremation certificate with the name of the person and the number to which this person was assigned at the crematorium.”

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