Do not use gorilla glue in your hair

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So I saw a tweet this morning from Gorilla Glue saying they never thought that they’d have to say this, but don’t use it in your hair.

I thought it was an odd tweet.

But then I saw the news article about the woman who ran out of hair product so used gorilla glue spray in her hair! Wtf was she thinking. It’s been over a month now and she still can’t get it out her hair.

She’s also suing Gorilla Glue as she says their instructions arent clear. Label says don’t get on skin or eyes but says nothing about hair! 🤷‍♀️😆😒🙄

Anyway, she has a load of tiktok followers now and has crowdfunded a decent amount.

[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/09/gorilla-glue-girl-hair-tiktok]]

How is this an issue of white privilege? It’s someone who can read isn’t it? It doesn’t say it’s a hair product ANYWHERE on it. And she clearly knows how to use the internet so COULD have checked before proceeding?? Regardless of hair type surely??

I feel sorry for her - she made a silly split second decision and the consequences have been awful for her. But, it's not fair to sue a company because she misused their product. She would have been better to ask them for help rather than threaten them with legal action.
I hope her scalp and hair recovers, she must be so distressed.

Presumably she wouldn't use Ajax to clean her teeth.

And before I educated myself about different types of hair (i am a qualified hairdresser, but my ‘official’ qualification course contained literally zero teaching on afro hair, hence why i say educated myself in this context), i would have confidently presumed that no one would use a drain cleaning ingredient on their scalp, and yet i’d have been dead wrong, as it’s a very common practice. And i would be willing to bet that the number of people who have used household cleaning products as teeth whitener is definitely not zero. When you look at the raw ingredients in some commonly used beauty products, and the raw ingredients in industrial cleaners and solvents etc, there is a scary amount of overlap, and sometimes people do stupid things. Especially on lockdown.

Thanks to Dr Obeng, Gorilla Glue company will probably come up with a solution for future accidents.

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon fixes hair and explains science behind Gorrilla Glue

@LookItsMeAgain

I watched the tiktok of this and have to say, you would really want to be a sandwich short of a picnic to use Gorilla Glue on your hair. It is because of people like this women that we have warnings on items such as "Warning - contents may be hot" on a cup of tea/coffee or "Warning - contains nuts" on a bag of peanuts or "Warning - do not use in the bath" on an electric hairdryer or a toaster for example.

I may be harsh here but even if the product she was using before had the word 'glue' in the name of it, it was a hairspray, which has a higher adhesive property than other hairspray products but it isn't actually a glue.
This was an actual adhesive product that had no purpose being used in anyone's hair or for any other purpose than the one it was designed for, as a glue.

The "warning - contents may be hot" comments you have made are false, and actually part of a smear campaign McDonald's conducted against a woman who was horrifically burned by coffee that was too hot to be served to customers. I guess it was a successful smear campaign as you are spouting this nonsense years later. McDonald's sold coffee that was significantly hotter than coffee sold by other food establishments, and instead of admitting they were wrong for doing this, they smeared the victim for supposedly being too stupid to know that her coffee was so scaldingly hot that she had third degree burns and needed skin grafts. But sure, you keep on thinking that warning is on coffee cups because people are stupid.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants?wprov=sfla1

That link should say " science behind Gorilla glue-destroying solution".

His chemistry background + knowledge of black hair textures saved this woman's scalp.

My DD told me this story last night, they find it funny sorry.

I am glad that Dr Obeng was able to help.

But, please, do not blame this woman's stupidity on racism.

She'll be alright in the wind, mind.

@LApprentiSorcier

Not funny. I was reading about this - apparently the branding is very similar to a genuine hair product.

I don't understand this. She says in her tiktok that her usually product was "got2B" brand. She didn't usually use this gorilla snot thing.

So are we really saying that if your product has a similar name to a different product with a different purposes marketed differently and sold in different stores... You still have to write a disclaimer about not using it in the same way as the other product?

@Leakyradiator

How is this an issue of white privilege? It’s someone who can read isn’t it? It doesn’t say it’s a hair product ANYWHERE on it. And she clearly knows how to use the internet so COULD have checked before proceeding?? Regardless of hair type surely??

It isn't but this is where we are now and some will consider you racist for even asking they question.

@bellropes @MadameButterface

I remember years ago watching that programme 10 Years Younger (the one with the scary blonde lady, do you remember?) and there was someone who had been cleaning her teeth with some terrifying substance - either Ajax or possibly even bleach And washing her hair in Fairy Liquid and all sorts. Her teeth were very damaged from it, IIRC.

So it does happen 😬 Obviously it’s not advisable... but it happens.

I’ve literally explained my reasoning in the rest of the quoted post. Reading is fun! It’s fine if you don’t agree :)

Trick to superglue in hair is spray wd40 on your hair and comb out gently.

Spudlet yes I remember that episode , I think at that time there was this myth that washing up liquid is basically shampoo with just one ingredient missing! I’m pretty sure it wasn’t just her many people did the same,
I remember reading Someone using facial hair bleach to highlight dark hair, it caused blisters on scalp ouch!!
There are plenty of stupid spur of the moment mistakes out there !

You can't cure stupid.

I once read an interview with Lou Doillon where she claimed she balayages her own hair with facial hair bleach

do not try this at home.

sorry but people like her are the reason warnings have to be put on coffee cups.... "caution! contents may be hot"! it's common sense not to put something like glue in your hair and if she wasn't sure, then surely a quick google would have helped her out!

I remember reading Someone using facial hair bleach to highlight dark hair, it caused blisters on scalp ouch!!

Surely that is an understandable mistake given it is a product designed to be used on hair and skin.

people always cite the hot coffee case as an example of frivolous law suits and people with no common sense looking for an easy payday. but as with many things in life, when you dig a little deeper it's far more complicated than that.

@MadameButterface

I’ve literally explained my reasoning in the rest of the quoted post. Reading is fun! It’s fine if you don’t agree :)

I did read it. I also watched Chris Rock's documentary, a few years ago now though - thought provoking and fascinating - little points I remember that I may not have got quite right so apologies if so - like how black women put their kids through university with the proceeds of their salons - that's how big a business it is in the pressure that is on them to have "straight" non ethnic hair.

I just don't agree that commenting and questioning how this might have happened comes from a place of "white privilege" and questioning her literacy levels feels patronising in the extreme. She's clued up enough to have monetised this and continues to do so. I once put my finger in a hand blender while it was spinning, I don't know why, I still don't. It just seemed clogged up so I did it, to this day I don't know why, multiple stitches and a severed artery. People just do stupid shit 🤷🏼‍♀️

questioning her literacy levels feels patronising in the extreme.

really good job that I haven't at any point done that then isn't it

@MadameButterface

people always cite the hot coffee case as an example of frivolous law suits and people with no common sense looking for an easy payday. but as with many things in life, when you dig a little deeper it's far more complicated than that.

I agree and Tessica has denied they she is preparing to sue in interviews...

@HmmSureJan the level of vitriol she is receiving on this thread and elsewhere is rather uncomfortable in comparison to Elizabeth who got maced and seemingly had onions (a fake cure for macing that had been spread on social media)

People on this thread and real life have commented on the similarity to another hair product and I’m inclined to trust their superior knowledge over mners who have likely never stepped into a black hair shop.

Tbh I expect she'll just take the £20k she has in donations and disappear...