For the first time in weeks, Tessica Brown is gorilla gum free.
The Louisiana woman went viral earlier this month when she revealed on TikTok that she used the adhesive, which is not intended for skin or hair, in place of her normal hair spray and could not remove it. She said that even a trip to the emergency room did not solve the problem.
But on Wednesday, Brown was treated by a plastic surgeon, Dr. Michael K. Obeng, performed by Beverly Hills, to remove the glue from her hair.
“I initially thought it was a joke,” Obeng told TMZ about the situation.
“It’s a medical hair remover we used in the operating room. The company was very generous to us, they brought me some,” said Dr.
After the four-hour procedure, Brown’s hair was free.
“The procedure was a success. Dr. Obeng was able to remove all the gorilla glue from her hair,” Brown’s manager Gina Rodriguez told NBC News. “She is currently resting and healing from the ordeal. As you can imagine, Tessica’s scalp is currently very sensitive and will need some time to recover.”
After Brown’s videos, in which she says that using Gorilla Glue spray in her hair was a ‘bad, bad, bad idea’, the company tweeted that it was ‘very unfortunate to hear of the unfortunate incident’ and stressed that product labels warn people not to use the glue on skin or clothing.
“I washed my hair 15 times and it did not move,” Brown said in videos that have been moved more than 30 million times.
Brown set up a GoFundMe account after realizing she might need to undergo another medical procedure to remove the glue from her hair.