![]() ![]() Brown's management company confirmed in an email to Snopes that Brown is donating $20,000 to the Restore Foundation, which provides reconstructive surgery to those in need. She launched a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign for her medical expenses.Ī GoFundMe for Brown raised more than $20,000 to cover her medical expenses, but Obeng performed the procedure free of charge. Originally posted on TikTok, Brown’s video was a plea for help and a warning to those who might consider Gorilla Glue as an alternative to hairspray. Her original video was viewed more than 21 million times on TikTok alone. The company added that the glue "is used for craft, home, auto or office projects to mount things to surfaces such as paper, cardboard, wood, laminate and fabric."īrown's videos about her plight have gone viral. In a statement posted to the company's official Facebook page, Gorilla Glue said the product was "not indicated for use on hair" because once applied, it is "considered permanent." It said that the can containing the spray adhesive used by Brown has a caution label warning against swallowing the glue or getting it in one's eyes or on one's skin or clothing. Her management company confirmed in an email to Snopes that Brown is not suing Gorilla Glue. 11, 2021, celebrity news outlet TMZ published video of Obeng performing the procedure that finally removed the glue from Brown's hair.Īlthough there have been reports that Brown may sue Gorilla Glue as a result of her experience, Brown stated she has never voiced her intent to do so. Gina Rodriguez, Brown's talent manager, told Snopes in an emailed statement, "She is flying out to Los Angeles this week to meet with Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Bernard's Parish Hospital in Chalmette, Louisiana, seeking medical help with the glue.Ī representative from Brown's talent management told Snopes in an email that Brown left the hospital with the glue still in her hair. In other pictures and videos, Brown said she went to the emergency room at St. Brown recorded the song in Hollywood in October and was assisted by the music producer Phil Valley, Rodriguez said, according to TMZ.Brown said that as the result of putting the glue on her hair, it's been frozen solid for a month, despite many attempts to get it out with no success. ![]() "I swear that I will never touch Gorilla Glue again," Brown raps at the end of the song.īrown's manager, Gina Rodriguez, reportedly told TMZ that "Ma Hair" was the first time the social media star had ever rapped and that she wrote the song herself. Tessica Brown went viral in February after using Gorilla Glue instead of hairspray. The last few weeks have been a roller coaster for Tessica Brown, the Louisiana woman who used Gorilla Glue instead of hair spray one day in January. 592 Dislike Share Save TMZ Podcast Network 615K subscribers The TikToker who put Gorilla Glue in her hair is trying her luck in Bev Hills. She was put under partial anesthesia during the operation, Vox reported. The hair procedure reportedly lasted for 4 hours, according to TMZ, which shared videos taken at the scene in February. Obeng, whom she said fixed her hair for free. She also recalls traveling to Los Angeles to visit the plastic surgeon Michael K. In the song, Brown raps about how her glued hair wouldn't move despite washing it many times and how she posted on TikTok in search of advice. I didn’t think for one second it was going to go the way it did. ![]() GG told us the quickest possible remedy was rubbing alcohol.
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