![]() In Brown's case, she wanted to use Got 2B Glue, a popular glue for weaves and sleek ponytail styles, but she had run out of the Got 2B. The deep, side-part ponytail with a swooped front is usually achieved with gel and/or edge control, and it’s secured with freeze spray. The glue certainly laid her ponytail, but it’s not the ideal image that she had in mind because now her hair won’t move.… after a month.īrown was going for a low, sleek, braided ponytail, and that’s the style she has, but it wasn’t achieved like a typical low ponytail would be. When Brown ran out of her holding spray, she decided to use Gorilla Glue instead. There are a variety of ways to lay edges, including using edge control and an edge brush and brushing it down with holding spray. It's no secret that everyone wants laid edges when they’re doing their hair, whether it’s a sleek ponytail or a blowout. TikToker Tessica Brown, known on the app as didn't know she would go viral when she put Gorilla Glue in her hair instead of her holding spray, but life finds ways to surprise you. She was given sterile water and nail polish remover wipes to take home, but said that every time she and her sister started the process, “it burns extremely bad.” “At least I'll be home and I'll be comfortable instead of being in the hospital bed trying to get it all out,” she said. Impatient and frustrated, Brown asked if she could go home and do it herself. Brown said that the nurse said it looked like she could do it, but it would take at least 20 hours. But it burned so bad that my heart started beating too fast,” she explains. They took sterile water to try and cool it off. In her first interview, Brown opened up about her emergency room experience, saying they attempted to remove the glue with nail polish remover wipes. “ would definitely leave some residual effects that would create some superficial damage,” says Hill. Hill tells Teen Vogue that Brown's scalp and hair fibers will be compromised during the process “simply because of how aggressive the removal process would be to the scalp and hair.” All signs point to Brown needing serious medical treatment, and the removal effects could certainly trigger a list of long-term issues. Gorilla Glue's spray can is labeled as a “skin irritant,” and the scalp is considered skin, very sensitive skin, to be precise. The hardening of the polymer would block out all moisture and oxygen required for proper cellular turnover." "Coating the hair and scalp with a polymer not designed for human use would completely prevent the scalp from functioning properly and destroy hair fibers. “The obvious is not so obvious, it appears," Hill says. Teen Vogue has spoken with trichologist Bridgette Hill, best known as The Scalp Therapist, to better understand how Gorilla Glue could further harm Brown's scalp. HAIR.This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Watch the videos below to pass judgement. Videos that have followed the original have seen her go to the hospital and allegedly set up a GoFundMe (no link can be found) to afford the money to fly to LA. Unsurprisingly, Reyes has not been given the same sympathy as Brown, with comments on her videos suggesting she only did it for clout. Comments on later videos suggest that there was an initial video of the glue being put in which was later taken down by the platform. ‘But why did she put glue in her hair?‘, you ask? We‘d love to know too, so please do mail in with your answers. “You guys, my hair will not comb,” she says. ![]() Make-up TikToker Avani Reyes went viral over the weekend in a video that shows her attempting to comb her matted hair that has been glued down. OK, so that’s the end now, right? Right? Wrong! Apparently, some people have been living under a rock because there is now another Gorilla Glue Girl. ![]() Martin later found out that if the damage doesn’t heal correctly, he will have to have part of his lip removed. Spoiler alert: it didn’t work and he had to go to the hospital to have it removed. In an attempt to prove that the ordeal was just a joke – it wasn’t – rapper Len Martin glued a Solo Cop to his lip and attempted to lick it off. Although there were rumours that Brown was planning to sue Gorilla Glue, she has now announced that she will be donating the $24k she raised on GoFundMe to charity. By now, you’ll be familiar with the legacy of Gorilla Glue Girl – AKA Tessica Brown – the unfortunate woman who switched her regular hair glue for Gorilla Glue and a month later, was still stuck with it.Īfter multiple washes, a trip to the hospital, and a scalp burn from acetone, Brown was finally freed at the end of last week thanks to a trip to a cosmetic surgeon in LA, who used a medical-grade glue remover to unstick her head.
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