Brown's management company confirmed in an email to Snopes that Brown is donating $20,000 to the Restore Foundation, which provides reconstructive surgery to those in need. Tessica Brown, known as 'Gorilla Glue Girl,' says It's the hair for me Just months after needing medical attention just to use a comb. She launched a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign for her medical expenses.Ī GoFundMe for Brown raised more than $20,000 to cover her medical expenses, but Obeng performed the procedure free of charge. Her original video was viewed more than 21 million times on TikTok alone. The company added that the glue "is used for craft, home, auto or office projects to mount things to surfaces such as paper, cardboard, wood, laminate and fabric."īrown's videos about her plight have gone viral. In the video, Brown said the glue had been stuck on. In a statement posted to the company's official Facebook page, Gorilla Glue said the product was "not indicated for use on hair" because once applied, it is "considered permanent." It said that the can containing the spray adhesive used by Brown has a caution label warning against swallowing the glue or getting it in one's eyes or on one's skin or clothing. Brown, whos dubbed herself Gorilla Glue Girl, explained her story in a video posted to TikTok and YouTube Feb. Her management company confirmed in an email to Snopes that Brown is not suing Gorilla Glue. 11, 2021, celebrity news outlet TMZ published video of Obeng performing the procedure that finally removed the glue from Brown's hair.Īlthough there have been reports that Brown may sue Gorilla Glue as a result of her experience, Brown stated she has never voiced her intent to do so. Gina Rodriguez, Brown's talent manager, told Snopes in an emailed statement, "She is flying out to Los Angeles this week to meet with Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Bernard's Parish Hospital in Chalmette, Louisiana, seeking medical help with the glue.Ī representative from Brown's talent management told Snopes in an email that Brown left the hospital with the glue still in her hair. In other pictures and videos, Brown said she went to the emergency room at St. Brown said that as the result of putting the glue on her hair, it's been frozen solid for a month, despite many attempts to get it out with no success.
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