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[Beacon girl]

When I first noticed floaters I was at the fruit section of supermarket and thought they were fruit flies. I even said it to the lady next to me .
I had no idea and never heard of them. Wonder she looked at me strangely! When I got home they were still there so some how I figured it out!

[Sapphiregal]

Your brain does adjust to floaters and in time, you won't notice them so much.

I had cataract surgery in 2016 and apparently one of the cataracts has gotten foggy and they can go in with a laser to polish it off. It's called the YAG procedure.They told me it is a quick and easy procedure, but, a chance it could create floaters.

[U of M Go Blue]

@Beacon girl  

I thought they were fruit flies as well. Kept swatting at them! But they eventually went away. I think I was 57 or 58 the first time I noticed them.

[Beacon girl]

@Sapphiregal. One of my cataracts did get foggy and this is exactly what my eye Dr did . Right there in the office and an easy procedure. What he failed to tell me that the floaters would return and they did and one was esp big. Probably had them 7-10 days and then disappeared. Also , you can only have this procedure once for each eye . . I don ‘t know why.

[Carmie]

@Beacon girl   YAG surgery lasers an opening  in the remaining cloudy lens in the back of the eye. Once the opening is made, light can get through.

There is no reason to laser more than one opening.  I had this procedure on my right eye.  It's a very simple easy procedure that only takes a few minutes.  No downtime is needed.

[Nightowlz]

I've had floaters a couple of times. My floaters looked like tiny black dots?

Recently I had what I call Shazam out of my left eye twice in color & out of my right eye in black & white once?

Talk about annoying. It gives me a headache. I close my eyes until it stops. 

This event is known as an ocular migraine.

[Sapphiregal]

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@Beacon girl wrote:
@Sapphiregal. One of my cataracts did get foggy and this is exactly what my eye Dr did . Right there in the office and an easy procedure. What he failed to tell me that the floaters would return and they did and one was esp big. Probably had them 7-10 days and then disappeared. Also , you can only have this procedure once for each eye . . I don ‘t know why.

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@Beacon girl 

Yes, they also told me it is a one time procedure for each eye. 

[sunshine45]

this discussion is very timely for me.

i JUST got my first one about two weeks ago.

i need to find an ophthalmologist because up until this point i have really only needed an optometrist for yearly eye exams. i was hoping something could be done to make it go away, but from what you all have posted, it sounds like there wont be much to do about it.

mine is in my right eye and looks like a squashed ant. LOL

sometimes i dont notice it at all. other times it seems so prominent. i think it also depends on the light.....not so noticeable when the room is darker or when it is night. 

[sunshine45]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

The vitreous fluid inside the eye is mostly made of water, hyaluronic acid and collagen. Some people, including myself, have had success with reducing floaters in the eye by taking hyaluronic acid supplements. I take 200mg daily. I believe that has helped control my floaters but not completely diminished them.

Floaters form when the vitreous fluid starts to contract and collapse causing the collagen fibers to clump. The clumps are what we know as 'floaters'.

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@SilleeMee 

thanks for this suggestion. i just placed an order on amazon.