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TikToker Tessica Brown to sue Gorilla Glue for not putting warning label against hair use as she visits ER

The product label warns against close contact with eyes, skin, or clothing but does not mention avoiding contact with hair

After failing to remove Gorilla Glue spray from her scalp that caused her to be stuck with a single hairstyle for a month, TikToker Tessica Brown is considering suing the company for not putting a warning label against use f product on hair. Apparently, Gorilla Glue's product label warns against close contact with eyes, skin, or clothing but does not mention avoiding contact with hair as a precaution. After visiting the ER where healthcare workers put acetone on the back of her head, Brown hired an attorney and is currently weighing litigation against Gorilla Glue. Instead of freeing her hair from the glue spray, the acetone burned her scalp. The situation went back to square one after the glue went gooey before it hardened once again.

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Brown, who goes by the username Im_D_Ollady on the social media platform, had warned users against applying the hair spray in a couple of viral TikTok videos, where she claimed to have used the adhesive product to “finish off” her hairdo. She described how she had opted to use Gorilla Glue spray as a substitute when she ran out of her go-to product. Even after more than a dozen hair washes, Brown said her hair remained unmoved.

“Hey, y’all. For those of you that know me know that my hair has been like this for about a month now. It’s not by choice. No, it’s not by choice,” she said in the beginning of the first video she posted. “When I do my hair, I like to finish it off with a little Göt2b Glued Spray, you know, just to keep it in place. Well, I didn’t have any more göt2b Glued Spray, so I used this: Gorilla Glue spray. Bad, bad, bad idea. My hair, it don’t move. You hear what I’m telling you? It. Don’t. Move,” she said. “… So I’ma tell y’all like this: If you ever, ever run out of Göt2b Glued Spray, don’t ever use this. Unless you want your hair to be like that forever.”

In a follow-up video shared on Thursday morning, she tried using a shampoo to get the hair to move on camera. There was no movement seen in her hair as she fought back tears. The company tweeted a statement expressing sympathy for Brown's situation. "We are aware of the situation and we are very sorry to hear about the unfortunate incident that Miss Brown experienced using our Spray Adhesive on her hair," the tweet read. "We are glad to see in her recent video that Miss Brown has received medical treatment from her local medical facility and wish her the best."

Accompanying the tweet is a longer statement from Gorilla Glue clarifying that their product was not intended for hair use. "This is a unique situation because this product is not indicated for use in or on hair as it is considered permanent," read the Gorilla Glue tweet. "Our spray adhesive states in the warning label 'do not swallow. Do not get in eyes, on skin, or on clothing."

A spokesperson for the company also told TMZ that "the less aggressive solvent for her hair/scalp would be rubbing alcohol to try and saturate her hair and then gently comb it out and shampoo." Brown has started a GoFundMe that has since raised over $12,500 since she opened it a day back.