‘Gorilla Glue Girl’ Tessica Brown’s Breast Lumps Come Back Benign After a Cancer Scare – Plus, What are Fibrocystic Breasts?

The social media personality has fibrocystic breasts (painful, lumpy breasts), which makes it more difficult for doctors to detect breast cancer. Dr. Michael Obeng, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, found the lumps during a routine pre-surgery screening for Brown’s breast implants. This is the same doctor who helped remove the adhesive from her hair pro bono, and now his business for plastic surgery is reportedly booming from all the press.

The Story Behind the Glue

In January, Brown was in a hurry to go out with her fiancé Dewitt, and she ran out of her usual hair product for flyaways, or frizzy hair.

"We was leaving so I mean I went to go spray the Got2B glue and air came out of it… so now I'm looking around the whole house, I have to find something you know for these flyaways," Brown told the New York Post.

"We was going on the lake so I know I couldn't deal with those flyaways, it wasn't going to work, not sitting on the lake."

She found a can of spray Gorilla Glue. "I'm like you know what? I can use this and as soon as I come home I can take it off, you know wash it out," she said. "That is not what happened."

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She called her mom to come to the rescue, and they tried cooking oil to remove the glue, but nothing would work. That’s when Dr. Obeng stepped in and was able to remove the adhesive after a lengthy procedure in Beverly Hills. Brown was under strict orders to not put anything in her hair for six weeks, so she said she would rock a wig or a more natural look.

By this time, her views on Tik Tok were in the millions. The video she shared bout her emergency hair situation is now at 46 million hits.

Saturday Night Live even did a spoof on the sticky situation last month, with actress Regina Kingwho was hosting the show impersonating “Gorilla Glue Girl” in a sketch on suing the product. Brown considered legal action because of the emotional turmoil the product caused. She said it felt like there were “red ants” in her hair.

What are Fibrocystic Breasts?

Fibrocystic breast disease is not considered a typical disease, so some experts have been dropping the word “disease” from the name and simply referring to it as “fibrocystic breasts” or “fibrocystic breast changes.” It means that your breasts are lumpy and painful, which could get worse during your menstrual cycle.

If a woman has fibrocystic breasts, symptoms can include breast pain, tenderness, lumps and nipple discharge.

Women with fibrocystic breasts are still encouraged to do their own self-checksand get to know their own lumps and bumps to help familiarize what they feel like and to look out for any changes in between doctor visits and screenings for breast cancer.

Getting Screened for Breast Cancer

For breast cancer prevention, leading experts say that there are risk factors you can focus on improving, like drinking less alcohol and exercising more, but there are things you cannot change, like your family history and genetics.

According to the American Cancer Society, women ages 40-44 “should have the choice” on whether or not to start their breast cancer screenings and mammograms, which are scans of your breasts. From 45-54, women should get annual mammograms, and women 55 and older could screen every two years or keep the annual screening depending what is best for them. Your family history may affect what age you should start getting mammograms, so it’s best to discuss your health and history with your own doctor to determine what is best for your unique situation.

Breast Cancer Introduction to Prevention & Screening

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