Shanghai’s Longhua Funeral Parlor now offers 3D printing of faces and other body parts to improve the appearance of the deceased during viewing.
“It is difficult for relatives to see incomplete faces or bodies of their loved ones when they attend memorial services, and makeup cannot always sufficiently repair them,” Liu Fengming, an official with the Shanghai Funeral and Interment Service Center, said. From the Shanghai Daily:
After the explosion at Tianjin Port in August last year, the center sent experts to help repair the faces of firefighters killed in the blast.
The 3D-printing technology can also be used to make loved ones appear younger or better looking before they are interred, said Liu, who added that partial repair costs less than 10,000 yuan.
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