Teen Shaves Off Hair After Bully Pours Super Glue In It, Takes A Stance Against Bullying

Teenager Hannah Combs loved her hair, but a frightening bullying incident at school resulted in her having to partially shave her head.

The 15-year-old was outside of Harker Heights High School with her friends when a boy came up behind her and poured super glue on her head. The chemical glue immediately began to burn her scalp.

Her friends called her parents and she was taken to hospital, where doctors said she had a first-degree chemical burn on her scalp.

She had to have the hair removed. “I realized I lost my favorite thing about me. I loved my hair,” Hannah told KDH News. “My hair was the only thing I liked about myself, honestly. I lost it for no reason.”

Her father, retired soldier Christian Grimmer, was furious with what he says is a lack of action by school staff. Since the incident, the boy has received an in-school suspension and the school district said it would respond “in accordance with state law, board police and the student code of conduct.”

Grimmer says he wants to see the boy transferred to another school for what he did to his daughter.

The bullying does not sit well with Hannah’s mother, Jessica, either. She created a Facebook page and posted about the bullying incident along with pictures of her daughter’s new haircut.

Since then, Hannah has received an outpouring of support from people all over the world and from those closer at home.

A hairdresser named Nikki saw pictures of Hannah’s hair and offered to give her a hair cut. “Today I got to do something I’m proud of. I fixed a young girls hair who had something traumatic happen to her at school,” Nikki wrote. “Her hair had to be shaved on one side, so I made the best of a bad situation.”

For Hannah, she says what happened to her makes her want to help other people. “There are people who couldn’t stand up for themselves but they talk to me about it. It makes me want to help. It’s amazing how many people are supporting me.”

The family says that they have received a call from the school telling the family that the issue has been resolved and that it is safe for Hannah to go back to school.

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