The Louisiana mother who sprayed her hair with Gorilla Glue has said she will donate $ 20,000 of her GoFundMe money to charity.
Violet’s 40-year-old Tessica Brown will donate money to the Restore Foundation, which helps those in need of reconstructive surgery, her manager told TMZ.
Brown had started his fundraising page with the goal of getting $ 1,500 to buy the wigs he was told he would need after using the superglue when he ran out of lacquer.
But after Tik Tok’s video about his situation went viral, Los Angeles-based Dr. Michael Obeng contacted to say he could remove the sticker without any charge. He then flew to Los Angeles this week for the $ 12,500 procedure which took four hours to complete.
As of Sunday he had raised more than $ 23,000 in donations, of which $ 20,000 he now donates to the Restore Foundation, a charity that helps those in need of reconstructive surgery and is an idea of Dr. Obeng.
The rest of the money will cover an emergency visit 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 has said she will donate $ 20,000 of her GoFundMe money to charity after using Gorilla Glue on her hair when she ran out of hair spray
As of Sunday he had raised more than $ 23,000 in donations, of which $ 20,000 he now donates to the Restore Foundation, a charity that helps those in need of reconstructive surgery and is an idea of Dr. Obeng
Tessica’s mother of five’s ordeal went viral after a TikTok video in which she explained that she had been left with rigid, immovable locks for more than a month.
He visited a local, burnt emergency room the scalp with acetone and cut his ponytail in an attempt to free his braids.
On Saturday, in an Instagram post, Tessica expressed her gratitude to Dr. Obeng and wrote, “Words can’t even explain how I feel about @drmichaelkobeng, you really brought me back to life and I’m grateful forever.”
Dr. Obeng, who offered Tessica the expensive treatment for free after seeing her situation online, used a custom blend of chemicals and natural products to dissolve the glue, after having practiced on a fictitious head to make sure your formula would work.
“I was looking for the compound, the main active ingredient in Gorilla Glue: polyurethane,” Dr. Obeng told TMZ. “Then we discovered science, how to break it down.”
He continued: “We bought chemicals that contain components to dissolve the solvent, we used a medical grade adhesive remover that we use in the operating room.
“Then we have another active ingredient, MGD. We added MGD, which is a mixture of aloe vera and olive oil. Then we added some acetone.
Tessica explained in her TikTok viral video that she ran out of her Göt2b sticky spray and used Gorilla Glue, pictured
Brown had started his fundraising page with the goal of $ 1,500 to buy the wigs he was told he would need after using the super glue when he ran out of lacquer.
In a video made in Dr. Obeng’s office, Tessica is seen, who was given a slight anesthesia before treatment, lying on a surgical table after the success of the procedure, running her hands through the released locks and tearing. with relief as he marveled at the sensation.
During the procedure, the mixture was applied to Tessica’s hair using a spray bottle, while Dr. Obeng used tweezers and medical scissors to try to gently separate the reddened hair, cutting the strands of glue that held her braids together. together.
The doctor and his tea passed a comb through 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 save much of Tessica’s hair, although after the procedure she admitted that she wished she had visited him before asking her sister to cut her long ponytail in the hope of remove the glue.
“I can scratch it!” Tessica told the camera as she ran her fingernails through her scalp. “Now I wish I had waited for my sister to cut my ponytail.”
“I was never going to take this to social media. The reason I took it to social media was because I didn’t know what to do,” she told Melicia Johnson of ET.
“And I know someone out there might have told me something. I didn’t think for a second when I woke up the next morning that I was going everywhere.
Tessica’s mother of five’s ordeal went viral after a TikTok video in which she explained that she had been left with rigid, immovable locks for more than a month. He visited a local emergency room, burned his scalp with acetone and cut his ponytail in an attempt to free the braids.
Los Angeles-based Dr. Michael Obeng contacted him to tell him he could remove the sticker without any charge. He then flew to Los Angeles for the $ 12,500 procedure, which took four hours to complete.
Gorilla Glue later issued a statement on the situation Monday after it was reported that Tessica wanted to sue. He has denied the report he had hired a lawyer
Tessica said she had previously used Gorilla Glue for other things and thought it would only “wash well.” When the traditional shampoo failed to remove the glue, I tried olive and tea tree oils, but nothing worked.
That’s when he turned to TikTok for advice.
The next day after posting the TikTok he went to the emergency room of St. Mary’s Parish Hospital. Bernard in Chalmette, Louisiana, where health workers tried to remove the glue using “acetone packets” that burned his scalp.
He has since received great support, including messages from Missy Elliott, Chance the Rapper and Beyoncé’s hairdresser Neal Farinah, who offered her a wig.
Gorilla Glue posted a statement on social media on Monday.
“We are aware of the situation and we are sorry to hear of the unfortunate incident that Miss Brown experienced using our hair spray adhesive,” the brand posted on Twitter.
“We are delighted to see in her recent video that Miss Brown has received medical treatment from the local medical center and we wish her all the best.”