Like, who just goes in their kitchen saying, let's mix up some stuff and get this out of this girl's head? Dr.
His foundation, Restore Worldwide, provides and covers the cost of reconstructive surgeries for people across the world. "When I heard about Tessica, the ordeal she had been through, the pain, the suffering, having her hair stuck to her scalp for a month, the least I could do was to reach out and extend my services," said Dr.
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Michael K Obeng, who said he could remove the glue from her hair, free of charge. Just when Brown was ready to give up, she said she received a call about a plastic surgeon in Los Angeles, Dr. It's a very daunting and difficult and exhausting thing to have to do," he said. That means having our hair straightened, having it all neat and sufficient in order to assimilate. "African Americans, especially African American women, have had to have 400 years of assimilation to a white standard of aesthetics. It's a struggle that Chicago salon owner and hairstylist Rahni Flowers said is all too common among Black women.įlowers, of Van Cleef Hair Studio, said while Brown's story doesn't come as a surprise, it does sadden him. "If I wouldn't have cared so much about my hair, I wouldn't be going through this right now." This has been a problem for me for a long time," she explained. "If I can't do nothing else, I'm going to make sure my hair is on point. “Prior to the withdrawal, she must clearly state on the campaign page how she intends to use the funds,” the spokesperson said.īrown said she did edit the page to say she was using the money for expenses related to the ordeal, but it hasn’t been updated to reflect her new, charitable plans."(I thought) if you have another flaw, if your hair is together, you know you look better," she said. Alamy Stock PhotoĪ GoFundMe spokesperson told The Post in a statement they “are in touch” with Brown and “working with her on the withdrawal of funds.” Brown said she wants to donate the money from her GoFundMe campaign to charity. “No matter what I do, it’s a problem,” griped Brown, who’s been accused of putting the glue in her hair as a social media stunt. The rest of the cash she wants to use for families in her parish who she personally knows have been struggling and could use the money to improve their situations. “I can show my appreciation for his foundation and also I can help the next person,” Brown said, saying she wants to donate $20,000 to Obeng’s charity. Obeng didn’t charge Brown for the procedure to remove the glue from her hair and she said it was the doctor’s benevolence, and other donors, who made it possible for that to happen. Obeng, a Ghana native, runs the Restore Worldwide foundation and travels overseas to perform constructive surgeries on people in developing countries who wouldn’t otherwise have access to the procedures. Bernard Parish to Hollywood, like I seen the sign, to take this out of my head, like this man didn’t have to do none of this.” “That’s going to be pretty upsetting because who are y’all to say, you know, this was a fraudulent account? For one, Dr. Bernard Parish,” Brown said, referencing the celebrity plastic surgeon who fixed her ‘do and the south Louisiana locale she calls home. Obeng’ … and the rest of that, I’m going to donate it to three families in St. Now that she’s cemented her viral fame with a celebrity management team and a merchandise line, she decided she wanted to give back the cash. When Brown first set up the fundraiser, she only asked for $1,500, but it ended up skyrocketing to over $23,000. “Every time you look at it, it says it’s under investigation.” “They won’t even release it to me because that many people have called and said it was a fraudulent account,” Brown said during a Zoom interview. The Louisiana native, who’s now out of the sticky situation and rocking a fresh, natural look, set up a GoFundMe early on in her plight for help with medical bills and buying wigs, but now that she’s decided to donate the money, the company won’t let her withdraw it, she explained. Tessica Brown, who went viral for cementing her hair with Gorilla Glue, claims the GoFundMe she set up is now under investigation and she can’t withdraw the funds, which she plans to donate to charity, she told The Post Wednesday. Katy Perry is ‘excited’ to stay at Windsor Castle before king’s coronation Real queen of style Diana’s dresses go on auction as rival Camilla is crowned Only 33% of BLM’s $90M in donations helped charitable foundations while supporters, friends were enriched Be proud of where you shop this Pride: Shop brands that give back not only in June, but all year
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