<p>Mumbai: Veteran movie star Zeenat Aman said on Tuesday that she underwent a surgery to treat a condition in her right eye called ptosis, which she described as 'an elephant in the room with me for the past 40 years'.</p>.<p>Ptosis is known as the drooping of the upper eyelid that usually leads to defective vision or makes things look blurry for the patient.</p>.<p>Aman said her younger son Zahaan and his partner, Cara, drove her to a city-based hospital here to get her admitted for the procedure on May 19, a day after the actor shot for the cover of a leading fashion magazine.</p>.FX renews 'The Bear' for third season.<p>"There has been an elephant in the room with me for the past 40 years. It is time to show this elephant the door. I have a condition known as ptosis-the result of an injury I suffered many decades ago that damaged the muscles around my right eye."</p>.<p>"Over the years, it caused my eyelid to droop further and further. And a few years ago it became so acute that it began to obstruct my vision," the 71-year-old actor wrote in an Instagram post.</p>.<p>While she is still on the road to recovery, Aman said her vision has improved a lot.</p>.<p>"Recovery has been slow, steady and is ongoing. But I'm happy to share that my vision is so much clearer now," she added, thanking the medical staff of the hospital.</p>.<p>Aman, star of films such as <em>Hare Rama Hare Krishna</em>, <em>Don</em>, and <em>Satyam Shivam Sundaram</em>, said ptosis impacted her career and also made her 'the subject of unwanted attention'.</p>.<p>"When so much of one's career is predicated on one's appearance, coming to terms with a dramatic change to it is difficult. I know for a fact that this ptosis narrowed my opportunities and made me the subject of unwanted attention."</p>.<p>"But despite the gossip, the comments, and the questions, I never felt diminished by it. It helped of course that there were always a few stalwarts that stood by me and chose to work with me still," she said.</p>.<p>The actor, who shared a series of pictures from the hospital, said the treatments available to her at that time, and for decades after, were 'unsuccessful'.</p>.<p>In April, a leading ophthalmologist informed Aman that a surgery 'to lift the eyelid and restore' her field of vision was possible due to technological advancement in the field of medicine. She 'dithered' for a long time, then underwent a battery of tests and finally committed to the hour-long procedure.</p>.<p>"That morning in the hospital I was terrified. My extremities turned icy and involuntarily shivers racked my body. Zahaan kissed my forehead, reassured me and wheeled me to the OT, where I surrendered to the hands of my medical team. I emerged from there an hour later - alive, well and looking like a pirate with an eye patch," Aman further said in the post. </p>
<p>Mumbai: Veteran movie star Zeenat Aman said on Tuesday that she underwent a surgery to treat a condition in her right eye called ptosis, which she described as 'an elephant in the room with me for the past 40 years'.</p>.<p>Ptosis is known as the drooping of the upper eyelid that usually leads to defective vision or makes things look blurry for the patient.</p>.<p>Aman said her younger son Zahaan and his partner, Cara, drove her to a city-based hospital here to get her admitted for the procedure on May 19, a day after the actor shot for the cover of a leading fashion magazine.</p>.FX renews 'The Bear' for third season.<p>"There has been an elephant in the room with me for the past 40 years. It is time to show this elephant the door. I have a condition known as ptosis-the result of an injury I suffered many decades ago that damaged the muscles around my right eye."</p>.<p>"Over the years, it caused my eyelid to droop further and further. And a few years ago it became so acute that it began to obstruct my vision," the 71-year-old actor wrote in an Instagram post.</p>.<p>While she is still on the road to recovery, Aman said her vision has improved a lot.</p>.<p>"Recovery has been slow, steady and is ongoing. But I'm happy to share that my vision is so much clearer now," she added, thanking the medical staff of the hospital.</p>.<p>Aman, star of films such as <em>Hare Rama Hare Krishna</em>, <em>Don</em>, and <em>Satyam Shivam Sundaram</em>, said ptosis impacted her career and also made her 'the subject of unwanted attention'.</p>.<p>"When so much of one's career is predicated on one's appearance, coming to terms with a dramatic change to it is difficult. I know for a fact that this ptosis narrowed my opportunities and made me the subject of unwanted attention."</p>.<p>"But despite the gossip, the comments, and the questions, I never felt diminished by it. It helped of course that there were always a few stalwarts that stood by me and chose to work with me still," she said.</p>.<p>The actor, who shared a series of pictures from the hospital, said the treatments available to her at that time, and for decades after, were 'unsuccessful'.</p>.<p>In April, a leading ophthalmologist informed Aman that a surgery 'to lift the eyelid and restore' her field of vision was possible due to technological advancement in the field of medicine. She 'dithered' for a long time, then underwent a battery of tests and finally committed to the hour-long procedure.</p>.<p>"That morning in the hospital I was terrified. My extremities turned icy and involuntarily shivers racked my body. Zahaan kissed my forehead, reassured me and wheeled me to the OT, where I surrendered to the hands of my medical team. I emerged from there an hour later - alive, well and looking like a pirate with an eye patch," Aman further said in the post. </p>