Brian May, 73, undergoes surgery on his eye as he scares fans ‘to death’ with hospital selfies

BRIAN May, 73, underwent surgery on his eye after scaring his fans "to death" with hospital selfies.

The Queen guitarist worried fans by posting pictures of himself in a hospital gown ahead of his eye surgery.

The first images show him holding his phone while standing in a hospital toilet and wearing a protective face mask.

Brian captioned the pic: "One Vision ! All prepped and waiting … for a little bit of eye surgery. I’m in good hands.

"No need to worry. All in a day’s work … it should really improve my focus - AND my stereoscopic vision. It’s a Piece o’ Cake … eeek ! Bri"

He then shared another image in the same pose after realising the arrow was on the wrong eye.

The rock legend said: "Actually it should look like this. It’s the LEFT eye that’s marked for treatment. A straight selfie (unless hooked up directly to a live IG or similar) doesn’t laterally invert your face - but a mirror does ! 💥💥💥💥

"Funny … why do I instinctively prefer the raw mirror image - with my face reversed left to right ? I guess we are all so accustomed to seeing our faces in the mirror that we get used to it.

"Maybe that’s why most of us hate most photographs of ourselves !!! Cheers ! Bri 💥 and... ";

Brian later revealed he was awake throughout his procedure while sharing a post-operation pic.

He wore a blue hair net with a mask and a white bandage over his mask.

The star added: "And …. all done !! I really didn’t feel a thing. It was all done with local anaesthetic and a tiny bit of sedation - So I was conscious throughout the whole thing - and fascinated by this amazing procedure.

"Only about 20 mins. The patch stays on until tomorrow morning. It’s an iPatch ! So obviously I’ll soon have to take it off and put it back on again. 😜 !

"Big thanks to my eye surgeon the brilliant Robin Hamilton, and my anaesthetist Con, and all the lovely folks at the London Clinic who have taken care of me so kindly. Bri 😎"

Fans were worried - and relieved - that it was a relatively simple procedure.

One person said: "OH MY GOD YOU SCARED ME TO DEATH"

Another added: "proud of u my king 🔥🙌"

A third remarked: "It's fantastic to see you up and around already Bri! Speedy recovery from this point on. ❤️❤️❤️"

The star terrified fans last year after being rushed to hospital following a heart attack.

Queen's lead guitarist said doctors found he had three blocked arteries after he felt pain in his chest that lasted about 40 minutes.