Why Tessica Brown’s Viral Hair Woes Isn’t a Smooth Finish

The two-week ordeal of the Louisiana woman, who became a viral sensation after sharing video clips of her harrowing ordeal, involving a scary introduction to a powerful adhesive known as Gorilla Glue, which she hoped would provide a temporary fix for unruly strands, thankfully ended with a miraculous save by Beverly Hill-based plastic surgeon — Dr. Michael Obeng.

It was a long time holding breaths and watching from a distance with prayers for a stranger, who became a familiar face with an agonized look of terror, that matched how we felt as we tried to imagine the horrors of being stuck with permanent glue seeping into our scalps, that terrifyingly turns shampoo into a shiny polish.

The initial online reaction to Tessica’s hair woes expectedly echoed sentiments of how her level of stupidity failed to save her from herself, and ultimately resulted in an embarrassing mishap, that’s worthy of unrelenting roasting on platforms that are built for such events.

But once it became clear that this was more than just an extreme case of a bad hair day, and was in fact a health hazard that could potentially cause the victim long-term damage, some commenters acknowledged the growing hysteria centered around a Black woman in dire need of a rescue, who could possibly pay dearly for her misguided grooming…