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Saif Ali Khan opens up about tricep surgery: I didn’t really know how serious the injury was

Updated on: 23 January,2024 05:59 PM IST  |  Mumbai
Written by: Tuhina Upadhyay | tuhina.upadhyay@mid-day.com

Saif Ali Khan recently underwent tricep surgery for an old injury. Now, just one day later, the actor has provided a reprieve for his loyal fanbase that's rocked with worry over the actor

Saif Ali Khan opens up about tricep surgery: I didn’t really know how serious the injury was

Saif Ali Khan shares health update (Pic/PR)

Saif Ali Khan recently underwent tricep surgery for an old injury. Now, just one day later, the actor has provided reprieve for his loyal fanbase that's rocked with worry over the actor.


Saif Ali Khan opens up about tricep surgery


Saif Ali Khan opened up about the tricep surgery and injury, saying that he had ignored the issue for a long time and that he only opted for the procedure when the pain became too much to handle. The actor also condemned media outlets for spreading misinformation and exaggerated reports, stating that neither his knee nor his back is the source of the injury.


Saif Ali Khan opened up about his tricep, saying that the injury had been aching for a long time and that the pain would ebb and flow. The actor confessed to not knowing the severity of the injury, saying, "Other times it caused unbearable pain... I didn’t really know how serious the injury was,” he told Zoom.

Mentioning how the injury got triggered again while shooting action sequences for Koratala Siva's Telugu movie, Devara and Saif said that he continued working, under the impression that everything would be fine. "Then I was working out, and the pain felt aggravated, and then it became okay.”

Only when the MRI was done was the gravity of the situation revealed. He added, "It was then that we discovered that the tricep’s tendon was torn very badly, barely holding in place like a rubber band, which can snap at any moment.”

Saif Ali Khan mentioned that it was only during the surgery that the medical staff realised how serious the injury was, saying, "When they opened up the arm—and there is quite a big cut where they opened it up—they realised the surgery was very badly needed. They cleaned it up, removed the fluid, sorted out the nerve as well as stitched up the tricep so wonderfully. I must say the doctors in charge were brilliant. They made some incisions in the bone and re-attached the tendon with a kind of anchor with dissolvable material that blends into the bone and heals the whole arm perfectly,” he added.

The actor was spotted a few hours ago heading home from the hospital with his wife, Kareena Kapoor Khan. 

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