Medicinema on Instagram: "When a dead body is submerged in water while it decomposes, skin slippage takes place in around 24 hours Skin slippage is a part of the decomposition process when the top layers of skin become disconnected from layers below and can, therefore, “slip” off the body. This is one of the reasons a body found in a lake or river can be so unrecognizable so quickly—the water speeds the whole process along. With water soaking through the top layers of skin, the cells holding the