Rigid where? Still rigid here. Like the relationship between black women and our hair, the situation involved our good six Tessica Brown (also known as Gorilla Glue Girl, who has been unofficially christened on social media) and her horrific hair catastrophe that went viral last week has also increased in complexity.
Last week we told you about Brown’s unfortunate circumstance related to his hair and the permanent adhesive spray (not intended for hair) Gorilla Glue Glue. If you’ve somehow missed this story, let me summarize it in the simplest way I can. Essentially, Miss Brown ran out of a hair product and thought a completely different product would give her the same effect. The good news? He did. The bad news? The product he used was not made for hair. Like, not at all. Because of this, Brown has been stuck with the same hairstyle for about a month, and the rest of Twitterverse has invested heavily in her journey to find a resolution. Well, today we seem to have an update.
Via TikTok of Brown, apparently, the 40-year-old Louisiana teacher went to the hospital over the weekend to see what, if any, could be done with her hair. Images posted on his official Instagram, which has now garnered more than 600,000 followers, show Brown lying in a hospital bed with remnants of what look like cotton swabs still stuck to his hair, which no doubt implies that any treatment the hospital staff tried to give him unfortunately did not work. Talking to Kiss 92.5 FM’s Roz & Mocha, Brown recounted his painful experience saying:
“When I got to the emergency room, when I went to bed, they took out nail polish, salt water and started with my back because I told him there was not so much spray on my back. When she [the healthcare worker] he started, started burning, took the salt water and tried to cool it. It burned so much that the heart started beating too fast. He told me it looked like he could do it, but it would take at least 20 hours. I asked them if I could go home? At least I’ll be at home and be comfortable instead of going to bed in a hospital trying to get everything out. ” So he did that. Brown’s sister finally tried to use the acetone and salt water wipes to get rid of the glue, but the pain was too heavy for any of them to continue.
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Since the original video appeared, Brown has created one GoFundMe and there have been talk about exploring your legal options since Gorilla Glue does not specifically warn against the use of hair. Gorilla Glue has also released an official statement about Brown’s riddle, as well as the fact that his label clearly warns against the use of skin, clothing or eyes (they probably never guess they should add hair to this list) and posted it on social media, saying in a tweet:
“We are sorry to hear the unfortunate incident that Miss Brown experienced with our hair spray sticker. We are glad to see in her recent video that Miss Brown has received medical treatment from her local medical center and we wish her the best.”
And all the welps in Welpington kept ringing. Here we hope Miss Brown can find the help she so desperately needs.