The Louisiana mother who sprayed her hair with Gorilla Glue said she is donating $ 20,000 of her GoFundMe money to charity.
Violet’s Tessica Brown, 40, will give the money to the Restore Foundation, which helps those in need of reconstructive surgery, her manager told TMZ.
Brown started her fundraising page with a goal of reaching $ 1,500 to buy the wigs that she said she would need after using the superglue when the hair spray ran out.
But after Tik Tok’s video of his situation went viral, Dr. Michael Obeng of Los Angeles said he could remove the patch free of charge. She then flew to Los Angeles this week for the $ 12,500 procedure that took four hours to complete.
On Sunday, she raised more than $ 23,000 in donations, $ 20,000 of which she is donating to the Restore Foundation, a charity that helps those in need of reconstructive surgery and is the brainchild of Dr. Obeng.
The rest of the money will cover a visit to the emergency room she was forced to make after using the glue and her travel expenses to fly to Los Angeles for surgery, her spokesman added.
Tessica Brown said she is donating $ 20,000 of her GoFundMe money to charity after using Gorilla Glue on her hair when she ran out of hair spray
On Sunday, she raised more than $ 23,000 in donations, $ 20,000 of which she is donating to the Restore Foundation, a charity that helps those in need of reconstructive surgery and is the brainchild of Dr. Obeng
The ordeal of five-year-old mother Tessica went viral after a TikTok video in which she explained that she had stayed with rigid and immobile locks for more than a month.
She visited a local emergency room, burned his scalp with acetone and cut his ponytail in an attempt to free his locks.
In an Instagram post on Saturday, Tessica expressed her thanks to Dr. Obeng, writing: ‘Words can’t even explain what I feel about @drmichaelkobeng you really gave me back my life and I am forever grateful.’
Dr. Obeng, who offered Tessica the expensive treatment for free after seeing his situation online, used a custom blend of chemicals and naturals to dissolve the glue, having first practiced on a mannequin head to make sure his formula worked.
“I researched the compound, the main active ingredient in Gorilla glue: polyurethane,” explained Dr. Obeng to TMZ. “Then we discovered science, how to break it down.”
He continued: ‘We buy chemicals that have components to dissolve the solvent, we use medical grade adhesive remover that we use in the operating room.
‘So we have another active ingredient, MGD. We added MGD to it – which is a mixture of aloe vera and olive oil. Then we add a little acetone. ‘
Tessica explained in her viral TikTok video that she ended up with the Göt2b glue spray and used Gorilla glue, pictured
Brown started her fundraising page with a goal of $ 1,500 to buy the wigs that she said she would need after using the superglue when she ran out of hair spray
In a video made at Dr. Obeng’s office, Tessica – who received light anesthesia prior to treatment – is seen lying on an operating table after the successful procedure, running her hands through her loose locks and crying with relief as she marvels with 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 separate the matted hair, cutting the glue threads that held her locks.
The doctor and his tea then combed his hair to finally remove the glue, before applying a deep conditioning treatment to protect the locks.
Tessica was given painkillers and steroids to reduce the swelling and inflammation caused by the glue – and the chemicals she used to try to remove it.
Surprisingly, Dr. Obeng was able to retrieve much of Tessica’s hair – although she admitted after the procedure that she would have liked to visit it before asking her sister to cut off her long ponytail in hopes of removing the glue.
‘I can itch!’ Tessica told the camera as she ran her nails over her scalp. – Now, I wish I had waited for my sister to cut my ponytail.
‘I would never take this to social media. The reason I took this to social media was because I didn’t know what else to do, ‘she told ET Melicia Johnson.
– And I know someone there could have told me something. I didn’t think for a second when I got up the next morning that it would be everywhere. ‘
The ordeal of five-year-old mother Tessica went viral after a TikTok video in which she explained that she had been with rigid and immobile locks for more than a month. She visited a local emergency room, burned her scalp with acetone and cut her ponytail in an attempt to loosen the locks.
Dr. Michael Obeng of Los Angeles said he could remove the patch free of charge. She then flew to Los Angeles for the $ 12,500 procedure that took four hours to complete.
Gorilla Glue later released a statement on the situation on Monday, after it was reported that Tessica wanted to sue. She denied the complaint that she hired a lawyer
Tessica said that she had already used Gorilla glue for other things and thought she would ‘get out straight’. When the traditional shampoo did not remove the glue, she tried olive and tea tree oils, but nothing worked.
It was then that she turned to TikTok for advice.
The next morning when posting TikTok, she went to the emergency room at St. Bernard Parish Hospital in Chalmette, Louisiana, where health workers tried to remove the glue using ‘small acetone packs’ that burned her scalp.
Since then, she has received a lot of support, including messages from Missy Elliott, Chance the Rapper and Beyoncé’s hairdresser, Neal Farinah, who offered her a wig.
Gorilla Glue released a statement on the situation 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 when using our spray adhesive on her hair,” tweeted the brand.
‘We are happy to see in your recent video that Miss. Brown received medical treatment from her local medical center and we wish her the best. ‘