“We may have never used an industrial product for styling purposes but we’ve done things to our hair and to ourselves we wished we hadn’t. “Perhaps, all of that history is what joined so many of our hearts to Tessica’s plight,” she adds. Essence writer Candice Benbow describes this in her column, “Tessica Brown Isn’t The ‘Gorilla Glue Girl,’ She’s A Black Woman Who Deserves Empathy,” that “Many of us tortured our hair into compliance.” While some initial reactions were snarky or mocked the situation, Brown’s struggle to save her scalp has drawn a groundswell of empathy and support, particularly among Black women who have come forward to described the complicated relationship they have with their hair in a society that has discriminated against natural and textured hairstyles.
The process will reportedly take two to three days and cost around $12,500, though Obeng has offered to waive the fee. has offered to get rid of the glue gratis using a medical-grade glue remover. So Brown is flying to Los Angeles on Wednesday, as West Coast plastic surgeon Michael Obeng, M.D. Unfortunately, the hair on her scalp kept hardening again. Once the hair was gooey enough, they snipped off the braid in chunks. Brown tells TMZ that a friend has managed to cut her braided ponytail off after spending four hours softening it with “Goof Off” superglue remover.
Health care workers tried putting acetone on the back of her head to break up the adhesive, according to the report, but it burned her scalp and only made the glue gooey before it hardened back up. While she didn’t disclose any details about her hospital visit on her post - other than a tearful emoji - sources told TMZ that she reportedly spent 22 hours in the ER. Bernard Parish Hospital Emergency Room in Chalmette, La., which was also apparently unsuccessful. Subsequent posts have shown her trying to loosen it up with a mixture of tea tree oil and coconut oil, which she called an “epic fail,” as well as a trip to the St.
She revealed she washed her hair 15 times, but the glue simply would not come off. No, it’s not by choice,” she says in the video that has been viewed 21 million times on TikTok, and about 3 million times on Instagram FB Gorilla Glue has issued a public response to the situation, saying that they're sorry to hear about the unfortunate incident.“My hair has been like this for about a month now. She's continuing to urge the public to never, ever make the same mistake she did.Īfter more attempts and different solutions, the New York Post reports that Brown eventually sought medical treatment.ĭuring the process, there was even a GoFundMe started that has now raised nearly $10,000 for her. She told her followers that she washed her hair 15 times and her hair still would not move. She explained that when she does her hair she likes to "finish it off with a little Got2B glued spray" but when she found she had run out, she reached for Gorilla Glue spray instead.Įditor's Choice: Gen Z TikTok Is Roasting Millennials For Their Skinny Jeans & Side Parts Her first video about the sticky situation was posted on February 4 and garnered nearly 20 million views. A Louisiana woman named Tessica Brown has now been nicknamed "Gorilla Glue Girl" after going viral on TikTok for her horrifying hair mishap.
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