Thanatopraxy and Post-Mortem Makeup Skills Course
Master thanatopraxy and post-mortem makeup for autopsy cases. Learn advanced embalming, restorative suturing, color correction, and scar concealment to create natural, dignified open-casket presentations while upholding safety, ethics, and family wishes.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
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What will I learn?
The Thanatopraxy and Post-mortem Makeup Skills Course gives you focused, practical training to restore natural appearance after invasive procedures. Learn targeted arterial embalming, leakage control, restorative suturing, tissue building, and edema management, then master subtle cosmetics, scar and suture concealment, nail and hair finishing, and strict biosafety and ethical standards for dignified viewings.
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Develop skills
- Advanced embalming after autopsy: fast, precise arterial and cavity care.
- Restorative suturing and tissue building: rebuild features for open-casket viewings.
- Postmortem makeup and color theory: natural, non-masklike cosmetic restoration.
- Scar, suture, and puncture concealment: seamless surface and hand finishing.
- Biosafety and ethics in thanatopraxy: safe, compliant, family-centered practice.
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