- Tessica Brown, the woman who put
Gorilla Glue in her hair, underwent successful removal, per TMZ. - According to TMZ, Dr. Michael Obeng performed the procedure and saved some of Brown's hair.
- Brown went viral on Friday after posting a video about using Gorilla Glue instead of hairspray.
Tessica Brown, the woman who went viral for putting Gorilla Glue in her hair after running out of hairspray, has undergone a successful removal procedure at the hands of a Beverly Hills surgeon who saved some of her hair in the process, TMZ reported.
Brown went viral in early February after posting a video on both Instagram and Twitter saying that her hair had been locked in place for approximately a month, and "not by choice." In the video, she explains that after running out of her usual hairspray, she used Gorilla Glue adhesive spray that she had been unable to remove from her hair since.
As Insider's Moises Mendez II reported, people online have become deeply invested in her story as Brown has documented her efforts to remove the Gorilla Glue, from putting coconut and tea tree oil in it to going to the emergency room. Recently, TMZ reported that she had to cut off her ponytail for relief.
With the help of Beverly Hill-based plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Obeng, Brown is now finally free according to TMZ, who was given exclusive access to video of the surgery. Per videos following the procedure, Brown was also able to retain some of her hair in the process and is seen running her fingers through it and feeling her scalp.
Dr. Obeng, who according to TMZ offered to perform the procedure for free, explains in another video that he figured out the science to break down the polyurethane in the Gorilla Glue in order to help Brown.
"She is very very lucky that she did not sustain a lot of injuries to her scalp," Dr. Obeng says in the TMZ video. "This type of ordeal is no joke. To have injury to your hair, you have stiffness that pulls your scalp every single day."
In the days since Brown began posting about her efforts to remove the Gorilla Glue from her hair, people have rallied behind her. A GoFundMe that Brown started had an initial goal of $1,500, but to date has amassed over $20,000 in donations. Brown told ET that she had launched the GoFundMe to help fund "the wigs that everybody is telling me I'm going to need. That's why I always said, $1,500."
Brown told ET that she took her story to social media to seek help after feeling that she had exhausted her options. "If y'all knew me, y'all know I would never, ever do anything for clout," she said.