

The page far surpassed its goal of $1,500 in a day, with over $13,000 in donations in one day. On the same day, Brown created a GoFundMe to cover her medical bills. On February 8th, 2021, Gorilla Glue responded to the situation on Twitter, in which they wish her the best and remind readers not to use Gorilla Glue on your hair or body, garnering over 28,000 likes and 5,600 retweets in a day (shown below).

That day, Brown posted a photo of the solution to Instagram (shown below). The video gained over 1.6 million views in 2 days. The video gained over 4.8 million views on TikTok and 2.8 million on Instagram in 2 days.īrown posted a longer version of the video to her YouTube channel that day which includes audio of her sister applying the solution to Brown's hair (shown below). On February 7th, Brown posted a video to TikTok and Instagram consisting of a shot of the hospital, an image of a doctor looking at her hair, and a video of her sister applying some sort of solution given to her by the doctors to Brown's hair while she appears to be crying (shown below). On the same day, Chance The Rapper tweeted his support for Brown, garnering over 34,000 likes and 2,500 retweets in 3 days (shown below). Bernard Parish hospital in Louisiana to seek treatment for her hair, followed by TMZ. On February 6th, WBRZ published a story confirming Brown went to St. On February 6th, Brown posted a photo of the front of a hospital to Instagram, garnering over 52,000 likes in 2 days. On February 5th Brown was set to appear live on the H3 Podcast to talk about the incident but canceled her appearance to go to the ER as she was in too much pain. On the same day, a dermatologist posted a video on TikTok offering possible solutions, ultimately recommending she goes to the doctor (shown below).
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On February 5th, Brown posted an update to Instagram informing her followers that the tea tree and coconut oil did not work. She posted the latter update to TikTok as well, garnering over 4.7 million views in 3 days.

Later that day she posted saying she had put coconut and tea tree oil in her hair and would leave it in overnight to see what happens (shown below, right).

On February 4th, Brown posted a message to Instagram where she thanks her followers for their encouragement and potential solutions and said she'd try something that day (shown below, left). Many commenters offered potential solutions for Brown's hair. On the same day, Brown uploaded a video of herself shampooing her hair to show it won't move and that the glue won't come out, garnering over 7.1 million views on TikTok and 3 million views on Instagram in the same span of time (shown below). The video gained over 2.8 million views on Instagram and over 20.8 million on TikTok in 6 days. She rubs her head to show how it doesn't move and explains how she's washed it 15 times at least to no avail and warns viewers not to use Gorilla Glue for their hair. On February 3rd, 2021, Tessica Brown uploaded a video to Instagram and TikTok in which she describes how her hair has been glued to her scalp for about a month because she ran out of her regular got2b Glued hairspray and chose to use Gorilla Glue spray in its place, admitting it was a bad idea (shown below).
