Niccijade Reeves-Alhark
Staff Reporter
Tessica Brown has made a name for herself on social media as the “Gorilla Glue Girl” in the past week. It all started when she ran to TikTok, where she posted a video asking for help with her hair.
Brown says that she used Gorilla Glue spray adhesive to do her hair because she ran out of the Got2b hairspray that she usually would use and because she used the adhesive spray, her hair had gotten stuck in the same style for a month. No matter how many times she tried to wash it out, it would not undo itself. In an interview with the New York Post, she defended her reasoning by saying she was in a rush to go to a date and assumed that she would be able to wash the industrial adhesive right off after she got home. She also stresses that this replacement was a bad idea and advised others not to make the same mistake she did.
This video and her following actions spread like wildfire through the internet, with Twitter being a major place of both judgment and support for the woman.
The commotion eventually led up to Gorilla Glue releasing an official statement through Beauty IRL, they gave out directions on what Brown should do to get the glue out of her hair. Along with this, they posted a message on Twitter stating that their products were not meant to be used for hair. None of these solutions worked for Brown and she went to the ER in search of medical help. She started a GoFundMe to be able to afford to pay for medical bills and wigs. The GoFundMe currently has over $23k raised for it, going about $2.5k above its original goal.
Twitter was full of mixed responses and arguments about this ordeal. It was debated on whether she was suing the company or not and if race was somehow involved in the responses she got from the company. Overall, criticism was strong.
The suing rumor was spread from sources like TMZ saying she had hired an attorney to consider her legal options against Gorilla Glue. Brown shut the rumor down in an interview with the New York Post, denying that she was ever contemplating suing the company.
Dr. Michael Obeng, a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, offered to remove the glue for free. The surgery would possibly take three whole days to complete and would be an estimated $12.5k if Brown had to pay to get the strong adhesive out. Brown went to Beverly Hills, California, finally getting the glue out of her hair.
We here at The Eagle’s Eye encourage you to not put glue in your hair and look into the hair products you are using to have your hair stay in the best quality and health.
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