The Louisiana mother who sprayed her hair with Gorilla Glue said she donated $ 20,000 of her GoFundMe money to charity.
Tessica Brown, 40, of Violet, will donate the money to the Restore Foundation, which helps those in need of reconstructive surgery, her manager told TMZ.
Brown had started his fundraising page to reach $ 1,500 to buy the wigs he was told he would need after using the superglue when he ran out of hairspray.
But after Tik Tok’s video of her condition went viral, Los Angeles-based Dr. Michael Obeng reached out to say he could remove the adhesive without loading. He then flew to Los Angeles this week for the $ 12,500 procedure, which lasted four hours.
Since Sunday, she has raised more than $ 23,000 in donations, of which she now donates $ 20,000 to the Restore Foundation, a charity that helps those in need of reconstructive surgery and is Dr. Obeng’s idea.
The rest of the money will cover an emergency visit she was forced to make after using glue and travel expenses to fly to LA for surgery, the spokesman added.
Tessica Brown says she donates $ 20,000 of her GoFundMe money to charities after using Gorilla Glue in her hair when she ran out of hair spray
Since Sunday, she has raised more than $ 23,000 in donations, of which she now donates $ 20,000 to the Restore Foundation, a charity that helps those in need of reconstructive surgery and is Dr. Obeng’s idea.
The ordeal of the mother of five Tessica went viral after a TikTok video in which she explained that she was left with rigid locks, immobile for more than a month.
He visited a burned-out local emergency room his scalp with acetone and snatched his ponytail in an attempt to free his braids.
In an Instagram post on Saturday, Tessica thanked Dr. Obeng, writing: “Words can’t even explain how I feel about @drmichaelkobeng, you really gave me my life back and I’m grateful forever.”
Dr. Obeng, who offered Tessica free expensive treatment after seeing her plight online, used a custom blend of chemicals and natural products to dissolve the glue, first practicing on a fictitious head to heal. ensure that his formula will work.
“I was looking for the compound, the main active ingredient in Gorilla Glue: polyurethane,” Dr. Obeng told TMZ. “Then I discovered science, how to break it down.”
He continued: “We bought chemicals that have components for dissolving the solvent, we used a medical grade adhesive that we use in the operating room.
“Then we have another active ingredient, MGD. I added MGD – which is a mixture of aloe vera and olive oil. Then I added a little acetone.
Tessica explained in her viral video TikTok that she ran out of Göt2b Glued spray and instead used Gorilla Glue, pictured
Brown started his fundraising page with a $ 1,500 goal to buy the wigs he was told he would need after using superglue when he ran out of hair.
In a video made at Dr. Obeng’s office, Tessica – who was given a slight anesthesia before treatment – is seen lying on an operating table after the successful procedure, running her hands through the released locks and breaking lightly while he marveled at the sensation.
During the procedure, the mixture was applied to Tessica’s hair using a spray bottle, while Dr. Obeng used medical tweezers and scissors to try to gently remove the dull hair, cutting the strands of adhesive that held them together.
The doctor and his tea then passed a comb through their hair to finally remove the glue, before applying a deep conditioning treatment to protect the locks.
Tessica received painkillers and steroids to reduce the swelling and inflammation caused by glue – and the chemicals she used to try to remove them.
Remarkably, Dr. Obeng managed to save much of Tessica’s hair – though he admitted after the procedure that he wished she had visited him before asking his sister to cut her long ponytail in the hope to remove the glue.
“I can scratch it!” Tessica told the camera as she ran her fingernails across her scalp. “Now I wish I had waited for my sister to cut my ponytail.”
“I was never going to take this on social media. The reason I took this on social media was because I didn’t know what else to do, “she told Melicia Johnson, ET.
And I know someone there could have told me something. I didn’t think for a second when I woke up the next morning that it would be everywhere.
The ordeal of Tessica’s five-year-old mother went viral after a TikTok video in which she explained that she was left with rigid locks, immobile for more than a month. He visited a local emergency room, burned his scalp with acetone and snatched his ponytail in an attempt to free his braids.
Dr. Michael Obeng of Los Angeles reached out to say he could remove the adhesive without loading. He then flew to Los Angeles for the $ 12,500 procedure, which lasted four hours
Gorilla Glue later released a statement on Monday, after it was reported that Tessica wanted to sue. She denied reporting that she had hired a lawyer
Tessica said she had used Gorilla Glue before for other things and thought she would “wash immediately.” When the traditional shampoo failed to remove the adhesive, he tried olive oils and tea trees, but nothing worked.
Then he turned to TikTok for advice.
In the morning after posting TikTok, he went to the emergency room of St. Paul Parish Hospital. Bernard of Chalmette, Louisiana, where health workers tried to remove the glue using “small packets of acetone” that burned his scalp.
He has since received a lot of support, including messages from Missy Elliott, Chance the Rapper and Beyoncé’s hairstyle, Neal Farinah, who offered him a wig.
Gorilla Glue released a statement on social media on Monday.
“We are aware of the situation and we are very sorry to hear about the unfortunate incident that Miss Brown experienced using our hair spray adhesive,” the brand wrote on Twitter.
“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.”