Tessica Brown is finally unstuck.
The Louisiana mom and teacher endured weeks of pain and at least one week of international scrutiny after she had the misfortune of placing construction-level glue in her hair. The Gorilla Glue hardened her hair to the point that she could not wash it out after attempting to use home remedies, glue remover and other elixirs.
Her tribulation became a feast for public consumption when she posted on TikTok and Instagram about her inability to dissolve the glue and style her hair.
A Beverly Hills plastic surgeon volunteered to help Brown, according to TMZ. Dr. Michael Obeng conducted a procedure to fix her seemingly insoluble mane mishap Wednesday. The procedure, which would cost about $12,000, was done for free for the viral social media personality, according to the report.
“Jesus Christ, I can scratch it,” she said in video taken after her procedure. “...It’s over, over, over.”
Last week, Brown had attempted medical care at a local hospital, St. Bernard Parish Hospital, but she could not find proper relief, she told Canadian radio station Kiss 92.5. In her interview on the “Roz & Mocha” show, Brown detailed how the staff at the hospital emergency room used nail polish remover and saline water to try to loosen her hair follicles. She said the process “started to burn,” and it led to other health concerns.
“It burned so bad my heart started beating too fast,” she recounted, adding that she checked herself out of the hospital rather than endure a 20-hour process to dilute the glue from her hair.
She and her family had been working to use the solution at home without much success. However, she and her sister were able to detach the weave ponytail, which she had been attempting to secure with Gorilla Glue. A GoFundMe was established last week to attend to her ongoing medical needs. The page’s goal was $1,500, but she has raised more than $20,000.
It’s unclear what the money will be used for because the latest procedure was done at no cost to her. In the video, she said she was eager to get her hair styled. Brown revealed she needed a new do for her Valentine’s Day date.
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