“Hard where?” Tessica Brown asked TikTok a week ago, before the world knew about her fight. “My hair,” she finished.
And it has been difficult, for more than a month, as Brown continues to struggle against what seems to be an irreversible decision so far: using Gorilla glue to hold his hairstyle in place by mistake.
“My hair has been like this for about a month. It is not my choice, no, it is not my choice ”, she says in the video, now seen by more than 20 million people, explaining how she started gluing her hair on her head.
“When I do my hair I like to, you know, finish it off with a little Got2B spray, you know, just to keep it in place? Well, I didn’t have any Got2B spray anymore, so I used this, ”she explains, holding a can of the super-resistant Gorilla Glue adhesive – usually used for materials like metal, stone and wood – which, according to the company website,“ forms a clear and permanent bond that is resistant to moisture ”.
“Bad, bad bad idea,” exclaims Brown. “Never, never use this, unless you want your hair to look like this, FOREVER.”
Although the saga was partly fascinating and partly terrifying to viewers, Brown does not seem so much fun. In a video uploaded to her Instagram on Thursday, she spreads Pantene Pro V on her head and demonstrates how stubborn her hairstyle is. “Look, you clean and nothing happens. This is the life I am living at the moment. This is the life I think I should live, ”she says, before starting to cry.
Trips to the emergency room followed to help Brown get rid of what she calls “ponytail forever”, as well as remedies like coconut oil and tea tree oil – some even suggested she could get one. legal action, although it has not yet been confirmed.
His supporters include Chance the Rapper, who tweeted: “I could say that the little girl really didn’t know that she had put one of the most powerful stickers in the world on her [hair], ”And writer Roxane Gay, who simply said: “I’m praying for her scalp. But mana, [shake my head], you don’t have a case. “
Plastic surgeons and hairdressers have offered their services for free to help. On Saturday, Brown appears in two separate videos on social media – one on TikTok showing her wincing as a nurse applies acetone wipes and sterile water to her head, with a song with the repetitive lyrics “Oh no, oh no, oh no, no, no, no, no ”, playing in the background; the second, on his Instagram, overlaps Molly Kate Kestner’s God Save the Prom Queen, with a Brown montage in the emergency room. It is not clear whether any of the interventions worked.
I am happy that mfs really support her in this. When I watched the video the second time, it was hard to laugh because I could tell that the little girl really didn’t know that she had put one of the most powerful stickers in the world in her shit. I hope she recovers well 🙏🏾 #gorillagluegirl
– Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) February 6, 2021
Gorilla Glue said he was very sorry to hear about the incident and that he was happy that Brown was looking for treatment – but ultimately said, “This is a very special situation because this product is not suitable for use on hair or as it is considered permanent. . Our spray sticker states on the warning label ‘don’t swallow. Do not put on eyes, skin or clothing. ‘”