Salman Khan REVEALS He First Felt Trigeminal Neuralgia Pain On Partner Set: When Lara Removed Hair Strand On My Face...

Salman Khan, along with Aamir Khan became the first guests on Two Much With Kajol And Twinkle. The talk show hosted by the two actress-star wives premiered on Amazon Prime Video on September 25. While

the four Bollywood biggies got candid about their life, career and their friendship over the years, Kajol and Twinkle also got the two Khans speak on fighting with issues of physical and mental health. Salman opened up about his being a survivor of trigeminal neuralgia and his entire road to recovery, like never before. Salman has fought the ailment, which is a chronic nerve disorder causing sudden, severe, and electric shock-like facial pain due to compression of the trigeminal nerve. The actor underwent surgery for it in the US in 2011, and first revealed his condition in 2017.

Salman living through excruciating pain

Revealing how the excruciating pain made his everyday activities nearly impossible, he shared, "You've got to live with it. There are a lot of people living with bypass surgeries, heart conditions, and many more. When I had trigeminal neuralgia, that pain used to be... You would not want your biggest enemy to have that pain. I had it for seven-and-a-half years. It used to pain every 4-5 minutes. It would happen suddenly, while talking... It used to take me about an hour and a half to have my breakfast, and I used to go straight to dinner. For an omelet, because, I couldn't chew it, I had to force myself, hurt myself, take as much pain, so I could get rid of the meal."Salman revealed that at first, many thought his problem was dental. "I used to be on some 750 mg of painkillers and even that wouldn't help. They thought it was dental. I was asked when this pain goes away. I said that when I have a drink or two, it reduces a bit and keeps coming back at longer intervals of time. That is when they realised it is about a nerve," he added.ALSO READ: Two Much With Kajol And Twinkle Episode 1 Review: Salman Khan, Aamir Khan Answer Tough Questions Women Want To Ask, But Do They Get It Right?

It started during Partner

The 59-year-old said he first felt it during the shooting of Partner (2007). "I was doing Partner. Lara was there. She removed a strand of hair on my face and I felt pain. I joked that "Wow Lara, you're electrifying!" That's when it started," he shared.Trigeminal neuralgia is often called the "Suicidal Disease". Salman explained why it's called that, and how he lived through the condition. "The maximum number of suicides is committed by patients of this disease. People out there didn't know about it. I spoke about it because a lot of people have it. Now, it's very easily treatable. There's a Gamma Knife Surgery where they fix screws to your face for almost 8 hours. I underwent this surgery. When I came out, they said my pain would go by 20-30%. But, by grace of God, it just went completely," he said.