August Alsina Reveals He Has an Eye Disease

You never know what people are going through.

Late Friday, August Alsina – just 22 (who knew he was that young) – revealed on IG that he he underwent a painful eye surgery. Suffering from an undisclosed disease, Alsina wrote that he had gone blind in his left eye and began losing sight in his right. Turning to what looks like a laser procedure, the singer explained that the decision was necessary to preserve his eyesight.

Alsina ended his caption on a hopeful and positive note, expressing gratefulness for the ability to see, albeit difficult.

“A lot of things that are so natural to us in life (like waking up and being able to see) we can take it for granted,” he wrote. “Thank God the OG for allowing me to see.. The good the bad the ugly, I’m just glad to see.”

Last year, August suffered another health scare. While on stage at NYC’s Irving Plaza, he collapsed as a result of exhaustion, and remained in a coma for three days thereafter. Read his post below.

So I have this eye disease.. Blind in my left, and losing vision in my right. In order to prevent my eyesight from deteriorating ihad to do this surgery. This shit is beyond painful & Life be throwin' a nigxa curve balls but what I've gained from it all is priceless… A lot of things that are so natural to us in life (like waking up and being able to see ?) we can take it for granted. Thank God the OG for allowing me to see.. The good the bad the ugly, I'm just glad to see?

A photo posted by Yungin' (@augustalsina) on May 15, 2015 at 7:38pm PDT