# Gorilla Glue in hair = bad, bad, bad idea **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorilla-glue-in-hair-bad-bad-bad-idea/932557 "2021-02-09T20:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorilla-glue-in-hair-bad-bad-bad-idea/932557/121 "2021-02-15T01:26:44Z")
She ran out of the usual hair spray she uses, so she used the Gorilla Glue instead. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorilla-glue-in-hair-bad-bad-bad-idea/932557/122 "2021-02-15T01:37:08Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > But the fact that some racist joker mysteriously started talking about black hair care products or Black culture and such an article completely coincidentally appeared in the newspaper and is associated with this incident is not too surprising. I don’t think it was some racist joker talking about black hair products. The Grio turned the topic into black hair products and culture. > **[Beyond Gorilla Glue: The politics of Black women’s hair](https://thegrio.com/2021/02/08/gorilla-glue-politics-of-black-women-hair/)** > > OPINION: The attention that Tessica Brown’s story received is yet another example that for Black women, hair is not simply hair. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorilla-glue-in-hair-bad-bad-bad-idea/932557/123 "2021-02-15T09:07:17Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > It is not indicative of intelligence or lack thereof. Whoever saw the original video, is that what she said happened? No. She ran out of her usual Got 2B Glued hair spray and was looking for an alternative. I don’t know her personally and I can’t get into her head, but I suspect the term “spray adhesive” may have been what tripped her up. So it’s not quite “I mistook this thing for another thing” but rather “I didn’t realize just how much difference there was between these two spray products”. In any case, her original video has her saying over and over what a bad idea the Gorilla spray was and don’t do it, don’t do it, don’t do it. It was very clear to me that she was asking for help to fix the problem and not anything else. . > [@DPRK](#): > > But the fact that some racist joker mysteriously started talking about black hair care products or Black culture and such an article completely coincidentally appeared in the newspaper and is associated with this incident is not too surprising. Um… Black women and their hair have some real, serious, and long-standing issues and mentioning them isn’t a racist act. As I said, it’s not my place to speak for Black women here (being White) but I can see where the immense pressure for Black women to do all sorts of stuff to their hair to conform to society expectations and even more so corporate expectations so they can keep their jobs could have something to do with this situation. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorilla-glue-in-hair-bad-bad-bad-idea/932557/124 "2021-02-15T14:01:46Z")
Talking about hair, styles and products is fun, interesting, and useful. Of course not racist. Corporate discriminatory practices = not OK Suggesting that someone would do stupid shit to her hair, whether inadvertently or due to actual gormlessness, “because she’s black” would be beyond the pale, if someone were to make that claim. BTW many hair treatments like coloring, curling, ironing, relaxing, straightening, even braiding, _can_ be dangerous or screw up your hair if not done properly, due to heat, chemicals, electricity, or just physical stress (alopecia due to tight ponytails or braids). And there _are_ many products like hair wax, hair dye, hair oil, hair glue, hair food, hair masks, hair gel, etc. all definitely not be to confused with non-hair versions. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorilla-glue-in-hair-bad-bad-bad-idea/932557/125 "2021-02-16T03:24:36Z")
This is the physician who took care of her, ahem, problem. His bio says that he’s done charity work in Ghana and Guatemala, so you know he’s seen people who needed plastic surgery, and not only were they unable to get it, they may not have known in the first place that their problem, whatever it was, could be fixed in the first place. > **[Best Plastic Surgeon in Beverly Hills - MiKO Plastic Surgery](https://www.mikoplasticsurgery.com/dr-michael-k-obeng/)** > > Dr. Michael K. Obeng is one of the best plastic surgeons in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and an American Top rated Plastic surgeon. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorilla-glue-in-hair-bad-bad-bad-idea/932557/126 "2021-02-17T03:20:09Z")
Hey, I thought this was my thread, for a minute. Hmmm. Carry on ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorilla-glue-in-hair-bad-bad-bad-idea/932557/127 "2021-02-19T15:47:29Z")
Bad, bad idea to copy BeckBeck. Article in the New York Post says Gorilla Glue sales are up by some staggering percentage. Money making tip: Go to Subway and get Tuna Sandwich stick in eye. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorilla-glue-in-hair-bad-bad-bad-idea/932557.md?page=6)