Where rigid? Still rigid here. Like the relationship between black women and our hair, the situation involves our good sister Tessica Brown (also known as Gorilla Glue Girl, as she was unofficially nicknamed on social media) and the horrific hair catastrophe that went viral last week also grew in complexity.
Last week, I told you about Brown’s unfortunate circumstance that involved her hair and the permanent adhesive spray (not intended for hair) with Gorilla Glue adhesive. If you’ve ever missed this story, let me summarize it for you in the simplest way I can. In essence, Miss Brown was left without a hair product and thought that a completely different product would eventually give her the same effect. The good news? Did. The bad news? The product he used was not made for hair. Like, at all. Due to this, Brown was therefore stuck with the same hairstyle for about a month now, the rest of Twitterverse being now heavily invested in her journey to find a resolution. Well, today, it looks like we have an update.
Via Brown’s TikTok, it seems that the 40-year-old Louisiana teacher went to the hospital over the weekend to see what could be done, if anything, with her hair. The images posted on his official Instagram, which has now gathered over 600,000 followers, show Brown sitting on a hospital bed with remnants of what appear to be cotton swabs still glued to his hair, which undoubtedly means that any treatment he tried to give the hospital staff unfortunately did not work. Talking to Kiss 92.5 FM’s Roz & Mocha, Brown recounted her painful experience, saying:
“When I got to the emergency room, when I got into bed, they received a nail polish remover, salt water and started with their backs, because I told them there was not so much spray in the back. When she [the healthcare worker] he started, started burning, took the salt water and tried to cool it. It burned so badly that my heart started beating too fast. He told me it looked like he could do it, but it would take at least 20 hours. Did I ask them to go home? At least I’ll be home and feel comfortable, instead of sitting in a hospital bed, trying to solve everything for them. “It simply came to our notice then. Brown’s sister eventually tried to use the napkins with acetone and salt water to get rid of the glue, but the pain was too excruciating for any of them to continue.
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Since the original video came out, Brown has created a GoFundMe and they existed talks about exploring his legal options because Gorilla Glue does not specifically warn against the use of hair. Gorilla Glue has also issued an official statement about Brown’s enigma, as well as the fact that his label clearly warns against use on skin, clothing or eyes (he will probably never guess that he should add hair on that list) and posted it on social media, saying in a tweet:
“We are very sorry to hear about the unfortunate incident that Miss Brown experienced using our hair spray adhesive. We are glad to see in her recent video that Miss Brown has received medical treatment from the local medical unit and we wish her all the best. ”
And all the noises in Welpington kept screaming. Here’s hoping Miss Brown can find the help she so desperately needs.