Ayesha Omar quits acting temporarily after collarbone surgery

Eight years after a horrific car crash on the Hyderabad highway left her with a broken collarbone, the VJ-turned-actor Ayesha Omar recently underwent a complex surgery that necessitates a temporary hiatus from acting for a speedy recovery.

The 'Taxali Gate’ starlet took to Instagram to share her health update in a post accompanying a note from her surgeon, stating that she would need a three to four month break from work to follow a proper rehabilitation regime after the medical procedure.

In a detailed caption, Ayesha opened up about enduring years of pain due to an unhealed collarbone, despite undergoing various treatments and therapies. She emphasised that good physical health is essential for mental and spiritual well-being.

“For those who don’t know, I broke my collarbone and shoulder blade in a terrible car accident on the Hyderabad highway 8 years ago. Driver’s fault. The bone never joined even after a year of treatments and therapy, and the gap kept becoming bigger,” she wrote

The fashion diva furthered on, “ After many years of navigating through spasms, discomfort, complications and pain, I finally gathered strength to go through with this surgery. I also realised that emotional and spiritual healing cannot happen without physical healing. How can I heal these broken parts of me without mending this break completely.“

Ayesha maintained a low profile about her medical treatment to avoid being swamped with visitors. She added that she's been enduring excruciating pain due to the injury and post-surgery recovery, but her strength remains unshaken.

While describing her pain, she mentioned, “This message is being typed by a friend. Won’t be able to reply to messages or comments. Only voice notes. I’m in agonizing pain but Allah is giving me strength. The pelvic bone (that’s where the bone graft was taken from to put in my collarbone) is excruciatingly painful. Dr Shah had to drill deep into both ends of my broken collarbone to find blood and marrow and then insert the bone graft in the middle of it and set it in place with a titanium plate.”

Ayesha wrapped up her post by revealing a planned hiatus from acting for the next few months to focus on recovery. 

“Can’t walk or put any weight on my left leg. Long road to recovery but I’m looking forward to healing in the next 4 months. No travelling and no work in front of the camera. Will work on music, ideas, scripts and my brands, inshallah,” she concluded.