A St. Bernard Parish woman’s TikTok post has gone viral after she documented her bout with Gorilla Glue that she used as a makeshift hairspray and eventually put her in a Chalmette hospital, according to a report WWL-TV.
Tessica Brown called the experiment a “bad, bad, bad idea” and said her hair has remained in the same braid for a month because of the adhesive spray — even after 15 washes and dousing her mane in coconut oil.
She eventually wound up at the St. Bernard Parish Ochsner hospital because her head was hurting, according to an Instagram post Saturday. Hospital staff sent her home with sterile water and nail polish remover pads, but her most recent Instagram post suggested that she still may be looking for a solution to her hair problem.
A day later, Gorilla Glue released a statement that said they were “very sorry to hear about the unfortunate incident” and added that their product is not supposed to be applied to hair.
Since Brown’s mishap and follow-up posts, the New York Times reported that her initial TikTok was viewed nearly 16 million times and has even earned her an internet nickname, Gorilla Glue Girl.
