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“Instead of using Duo, which is a latex-based prosthetic glue that you use for surgical prosthetics, they used the European version,” he explains. “Apparently in the Duo version, they put an additive in that neutralizes the ammonia that they use to liquidate the raw latex so it doesn’t get hard. But [our glue] didn’t have that additive, so it was just latex and ammonia. The latex was fine, but the ammonia ate away my skin for a while.”
To make matters worse, Brown didn’t feel comfortable speaking up as a young unknown. “Of course, it’s my second or third job. And I don’t say anything for the longest time until it gets too bad,” he recalls. “They put out a story that I ‘had a reaction to it’… but my reaction was the same as anybody would have when being exposed to ammonia [on] your body for many weeks.” The production even shut down temporarily until his skin grew back.