BEVERLY HILLS (CBSLA) – A woman from Louisiana who gained national attention after using Gorilla Glue in her hair recovered on Wednesday after undergoing a special procedure to remove the glue from her hair.
Tessica Brown is seen on February 10, 2021, after arriving in Los Angeles. (Getty Images)
Tessica Brown flew to California on Wednesday morning and then immediately went to the plastic surgeon’s offices, Dr. Michael Obeng, to undergo a procedure of up to three hours to remove the glue from her hair and scalp.
“The operation went well,” said Obeng, MiKO’s director of Plastic Surgery. “Tessica is doing well. He’s awake. The hair team does their hair. ”
After seeing his story online, Obeng contacted Brown with an offer to perform a glue removal procedure using a special chemical treatment. The procedure would normally cost $ 12,000 north, but Obeng offered to do it for free.
“When we found out that this is a reality, you can only feel compassion and sympathy for Tessica,” Obeng, MiKO’s director of plastic surgery, told CBSLA on Tuesday. “The procedure will be to dissolve the polyurethane, meaning it is made from Gorilla Glue,” Obeng said.
Brown’s ordeal began about a month ago, after he ran out of hairspray and decided to use Gorilla Glue spray adhesive to hold his hair in place.
“I used this Gorilla Glue spray,” she said in a video originally posted on TikTok.
However, Brown was then unable to remove the glue. She said she tried baby oil, cooking oil and shampoo to try to remove the hardened glue from her hair, but nothing worked. He even went to a local emergency room, but the acetone wipes they gave him to damage the glue burned his scalp.
Obeng said the procedure was very complicated and comes with a recovery period of two to three months.
Tessica Brown, a Louisiana woman, posts about her experience trying to remove Gorilla Glue adhesive spray from her hair. February 2021. (Credit: IM_D_OLLADY / Instagram)
Meanwhile, the Gorilla Glue Company released a statement on Monday on Twitter offering his sympathies for Brown’s situation.
“We are very sorry to hear about the unfortunate incident that Miss Brown experienced using our hair spray adhesive,” the statement read in part. “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.”
The statement continued:
“This is a unique situation, as this product is not indicated for use on or on the hair, as it is considered permanent.”