Thanks so much for the comment. It’s been my observation that many of the surgeons that do vitrectomy ops regularly, don’t consider the risks to be much greater than many other procedures. Non-floater Vitrectomy is done routinely for retinal repairs and vitreo-retinal procedures without complications. It’s just that, it may take someone that is experienced in FOV for them to feel confident in the outcomes for floaters only treatment. Hopefully I’ll do an interview with a surgeon sometime soon.

Thanks so much for this comment.

@@pagnolmarcellus2458 eye floaters movement. And in Germany there is a group called Glaskörpertrübungen Erfahrungen und Austausch.

@@1982biglad yeeees!

Yes. I think that started in the beginning of 2024.

Absolute, pleasure! 🙏🏾

Hi @Dronanknight can you tell me the name of the doctor?

This was a great video

@arnabdas3693 Prof. dr. Koch

Let’s go!!!

Can you explain a little more?

@ pulse medical is researching to treat eye floaters search on KZbin pulsemedica

Awesome. It would be interesting to see if the precision of the femtosecond laser will translate well to better and consistent laser treatment outcomes for floaters.

Absolutely must.

Probably not, but worth getting checked out if it’s been going on for some time.

Thanks so much for this comment Mark, it’s so satisfying and encouraging to me to know that you found it so valuable. 🙏🏾

I'm delighted to hear that. Thanks for the comment.

Thank you for this comment, it is a valuable contribution to the discussion. You support is appreciated 🙏🏾

May I how to contact via instagram ? I am in my 22 struggle for 2 years long strand structure becoming thicken and thick dark black feel anxious 😢

Thanks for the comment John, it’s helpful to know the things that are working for others.

Sorry to hear about the double PVDs. Those floaters will of course be very annoying. Currently; supplements, atropine and surgical treatments are the options. More on all of these to come on the channel.

⁠@@MartinTheOptometristDoctor, what supplement you recomending ??

Hi Allam. The reality is that if you have just one floater, it is likely that you will get at least a few more in the coming years because of the changes in the vitreous.

@ But why this change happened exactly after my last visit to the doctor? And One of my floaters was the same shape but became larger, one of the people told me that it changed its place and became closer to the eye retina, is this possible?

If it keeps falling off your finger, the contact between your finger may be a bit too dry. Also try keeping your finger more horizontal and bringing your eye to the lens if possible so you are tilting the finger less. If it continues to be a problem, you may need to be refitted with a different lens that easier to handle. All the best.

Yes

Good question. It probably wouldn’t be possible as the micro tremors of the eye could make accurate treatment not possible. Eyes with nystagmus have inherently low vision anyway, so the individual may not be bothered by eye floaters. Do you know anyone in this position?

Me. :D I'm quite happy with my vision. You can live quite well with prism glasses. Sometimes my neck hurts because when I have to focus I hold my head to the right side to calm the nystagmus. However, over the past twenty years I have accumulated these floaters to the point where they have become annoying. Especially on the right eye, where it is most of the time in the center of the field of vision. In addition to the fact that this is annoying, it makes the image slightly blurry where there is a floater and makes it difficult for example reading.

Thanks so much Darren for the encouragement. I value it as I try and grown in confidence making this content and learning to make videos that provide people helpful value. 🙏🏾

@@MartinTheOptometrist well we all appreciate it very much!!!

Truth is that there hasn’t been enough research into cures, but I believe that more attention is creating interest in research into reliable cures that are not surgical. At the moment surgery is the most reliable treatment, but is not without risk. I will continue to highlight other options that may or may not help, but will share any evidence-based information. Thanks for watching.

Yes, lots of people find that they disappear, but many also don’t.

Thanks so much. I’ll keep posting on floaters as long as people show interest in the content. I have several interesting video on it to come. 🙏🏾

I don’t. I have a video on low dose atropine for eye floaters. It works well, but I still think it’s better to avoid long-term use of drugs like that if you can.

Am past fear , dealing with frustration. The first time I noticed them, I had no idea of what they even were. Just thought it was a speck that would disappear. Of course I visited every ophthalmologist I could find and spent a great deal of money only to end up disappointed. Eventually the internet provided clarity and by watching youtubers like yourself, I finally could diagnose I had eye floaters. Am young though, turning 20. I've had them for like 3 years. After finding out am not a candidate for vitrectomy, am trying to learn to accept them. It has been extremely difficult, I've been thrown into severe depression before but by accepting this is my life now, am finally picking up the pieces and learning to live with them. I got polarized sunglasses which are no doubt a game changer. Am also trying to take bromelain and other eye supplements, to see if my floaters at least improve , as past studies suggest. But my biggest source of strength is knowing that there's a lot of research being done and a cure is coming soon. I mumble to myself that I've got a family and friends who love me dearly, and that is how I start my day, hoping for the best.

I was at 4 and even had an appointment scheduled for a vitrectomy. My dark, stringy floaters didn't bother me but they were enveloped in a blob that really hampered my vision (like looking through glasses with Vaseline on them). I really started paying attention to what made them worse and for me it was eye rubbing (especially removing eye make-up) and bending over and lifting heavy objects. Also, I significantly reduced my sugar intake, maybe just a coincidence, but think maybe that helped (I'm not diabetic). So, now I'm back to stage 3 - just string floaters sans blurry blob, most of the time.

I had floaters from a young age, they didn't bother me. However they got really bad and I was unable to do anything. I was unable to see cars and trucks while driving, I was unable to work. I was very depressed at first, I then started to come out of that stage and rationalise the situation, however even though I felt mentally better, I was still unable to see houses and cars due to massive blobs, I also had lines and dots. I gave it a few years and still was not working so I decided on vitrectomy.

@themusicscene. how are you after Your vitrectomy?

@@Klute1977 mine were beyond seeing them outside or inside, they blocked my vision. I was unable to read, drive or work.

This is great to hear, thanks for the comment. Unfortunately a lot of people don't take the probelms experienced by eye floater sufferers very seriously. Spreading awareness is an important step forward.

Hi, How did you do that? Can you explain? I am suffering from eye floaters very badly. I have them in both eyes.

Congrats. Yeah, cataract removal can often result in new floaters unfortunately.

So may I understand as I am trying find a doctor to do full vitractomy for floaters. 1. So have you done a full vitractomy ? 2. Did you do your cateract surgery after the vitractomy or before the vitractomy. Because what I understood is if your doc did a good job at removing vitrious, perfoming cateract after vitractomy will have less likelyhood to develop floaters .

Fast recovery for you ❤🙏🙏🙏

Palming is perfectly fine to do. Avoid pressing on the eye hard with the palms though.

An open and enquiring mind is the essence of the scientific progress. Great comment 🙏🏾

Thanks for asking, they’re manageable but are worse than before. More updates coming about floaters on the channel soon.

More floater content coming.

your brain can. if you learn to relax.

Thank you 🙏🏾