Another consideration I just recalled from experience
Following mainstream traditions
With brain-only preservation, you can still dispose of the rest of the body in a traditional way, which often means a viewing followed by burial. For this reason, some of my family members were much more interested in brain-only preservation.
According to cryonics practitioners and thanatologists I communicated with, it’s possible to remove the brain from the braincase while only leaving a scar above the forehead, and so leaving the body in a viewable state.
Although for a better preservation, a solution needs to be injected in the body which will make the body swell, which most likely renders the body not viewable (at least not in a traditional way).
Another consideration I just recalled from experience
Following mainstream traditions
With brain-only preservation, you can still dispose of the rest of the body in a traditional way, which often means a viewing followed by burial. For this reason, some of my family members were much more interested in brain-only preservation.
According to cryonics practitioners and thanatologists I communicated with, it’s possible to remove the brain from the braincase while only leaving a scar above the forehead, and so leaving the body in a viewable state.
Although for a better preservation, a solution needs to be injected in the body which will make the body swell, which most likely renders the body not viewable (at least not in a traditional way).