How to get rid of floaters in 2 MINUTES. (BUT IS IT SAFE?) | Ophthalmologist

[@MichaelRChuaMD]

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[@club_rock]

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[@Kennethw-ss4ot]

Any opinion on the floater doctor? Based out of Texas… 17 years of yag experience and seems to have helped a lot of patients safely

[@alexbeleiu258]

Stupid doctor, where is that 2 minutes get rid of floaters? Clickbite, report your channel, shame on you.

[@rogerpatterson3827]

I have floaters in both eyes and it drives me crazy. Driving is difficult at times. I'm so grateful for the vision I do have. It could be worse!

[@gailfrench8852]

@@rogerpatterson3827 exactly how I feel. Floaters are extremely dangerous sometimes.

[@idaho38]

eat fresh pinnapple, they will go away.

[@WorldravenNevar]

@@idaho38 Why?

[@TKCTSTN]

​@@idaho38I eat fresh pineapple most days & have for years. Wish I could say my floaters improved.

[@bluemagi1656]

What I have learned watching different videos about floaters: - Floaters get worse with lack of sleep, unhealthy diet (sugar, carbs, processed), and stress - It may come and go, so stop obsessing about it which usually leads to anxiety and stress - Non-invasive procedure such as red light therapy, eating pineapple and beets or drink its juice everyday helped reduce floaters if not remove them completely, some people reported their floaters returned when they stopped doing these though.

[@snchea5764]

Thank you son much ! 👍

[@beverleypearson2646]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@bobbyhill4118]

Thank you

[@disabled5475]

i agree with eating pineapple

[@arguswil]

Thank you !

[@YouTips4U]

Hi Friends, floaters are so common that I think we should just call them normal at this point. Having noticed them since I was 17 years old, I just accept them. Do you know what happens when you just accept something? You guessed it, it becomes less of a problem and usually just goes away all on its own. In my experience and other's I have collaborated with on this subject, the best treatment for floaters seemed to be sleep and reducing stress. If you are lacking in sleep, you will see them more vividly and perhaps even get new ones, but catch up on some good sleep and relax a little and you would be surprised how faint they can become. There are almost no medical studies you can totally rely on because every person is unique and has his/her own unique belief system. If one believes something will work, it will. How does the study quantify that? But, that's how simple it can be. Your body is intelligent and doesn't need anyone or anything to help it do its job. It has the power to heal and balance continuously pretty much anything, if you will allow it.

[@JoyceWrightPierce]

But, what if has caused a retinal tear?

[@ZOKUUUUUU]

I developed floaters after working nights and insufficient sleep.

[@YouTips4U]

@@JoyceWrightPierce Hi, floaters don’t cause retinal tears, floaters can be a symptom that you have had a retinal tear. The occurrence of floaters does not necessarily mean you’ve had a retinal tear. I hope that helps😊

[@JoyceWrightPierce]

@@YouTips4U Your explanation helps tremendously!!!! 🙏🏼 My Opthalmologist lead me to believe that the floaters were the cause of the retinal tear, which can eventually lead to a retinal detachment. She also said that the reason my vision is blurred is from a floater that's blocking my line of vision. She did see where the tear had scar tissue which means it had already healed itself, but she wants me to see a retinal specialist to see if he should do a laser treatment to reinforce the scaring and prevent a retinal detachment.

[@King_Farooq94]

Thank you so much for this so encouraging I will continue to do the same

[@lifedeather]

I really wish they would put more funding into research a way to get rid of floaters without the need for surgery or supplements that don't fix the actual problem or come with side effects

[@lifedeather]

@leoninc Yeah its insane that after all these years they still have no real solution to get rid of floaters, a very common everyday nuisance that many suffer from. Everyone just says to deal with it which is unacceptable.

[@shauns5680]

@@lifedeather unacceptable?? There is still time for your phD

[@danielch6662]

​@@lifedeather A fix with NO side effects?

[@albertlagman7737]

​@leoninc 😅⁸

[@niecielask9542]

Have you tried Vitreous Health by MacuHealth?

[@milescoleman910]

I had floaters since I can remember. A decade of kickboxing seemed to increase them and a couple of years later I began to had vitriol detachment symptoms. followed by retinal detachment which required gas bubble retinopathy, cryo, and laser surgery. two years later the other eye did the same. three years after that I developed cataracts in both eyes which is hereditary. both eyes got IOLs over the following 4 years. After all that I can tell you. Floaters! not much of a problem. Dont risk any eyesight trying to get rid of them. I still see several leftovers from the many surgeries. Im sure diet etc can also have an effect and I definitely see better when I get rid of sugar from my diet but I dont think I would risk any more eyesight loss just over seeing a little fluff here and there.

[@HobbyOrganist]

" I developed cataracts in both eyes which is hereditary" I think you developed cataracts due to the surgery, according to what was said in the video, the study showing 31% of patients needing cataract surgery within 2 years of a vitrectomy is one, I believe another cause is the sun's UV light

[@RandomFunCoolSuff-uh3sk]

I came to accept the floaters. Also I have a friend that became blind during a gas surgery. That scared me enough to accept the floaters.

[@sabinamoreno4799]

Eat pineapple n a healthy diet should help alittle

[@taimoorneutron2940]

thank youfor sharing your experience very helpful

[@user-up4zi1do6p]

Would you recommend a person to have surgery?

[@michaelcloresandersm.d.7050]

Form a retired MD with floaters who had a vitrectomy in my left eye 2010, and still has tones of floaters in my right eye2024, I much appreciate your video. Thank you for the information and work. I have not had any complications from my vitrectomy, but the long process of evaluation, surgery and followup have given me pause.

[@vimalmittal5603]

I have tons of floaters. It has been 9 months. Should i go for surgery? My life has been affected. Please tell me why you do not want to recommend surgery?

[@joannwhite5341]

Please tell me... what was the recovery like? I'm terrified to have this done. Thank you.

[@bensheen5251]

Glad that you had success with yours. I got a retnal detachment a fter 2 weeks of left cheek to pillow positioning. Then went straight back into surgery to try use silcone oil to hold retina in place, two weeks face down that time, but it held, had oil and lens replaced a year later, double vision and buckled vision, but its held. Greatful for what i have left

[@bensheen5251]

​@@joannwhite5341what are you having done

[@jackiemorrison2661]

I had it also.. still have floaters

[@jcnme]

I will NEVER get any procedure/surgery for "floaters". Excellent Video Brother

[@meta.5848]

@@ۥٴٴٴٴٴٴۥۥ-ظlaser/chance of being blind, or dealing with it and just hoping and pray eventually they go away. I’ve had one right in the middle of my left eye for almost 6months now and I’ve already come to terms with it being there for the rest of my life. I’d rather accept it rather than chance it and potentially lose vision in my left eye.

[@LauraB.335]

Many people have found a low carb, keto, or carnivore woe (and some incorporate fasting) got rid of their floaters and reversed or benefitted other eye conditions. My dry eye went away completely when I decreased my carb intake. Many have commented on reversing cataracts, as well.

[@bobbyhill4118]

My floaters have always been there but they’ve been getting bigger on my high carb diet as I’ve been trying to put on muscle and get stronger at powerlifting movements. When I cut down again I might try low carb and see if it helps. I’ve been pounding through oats like crazy. I know my blood pressure is up a little bit more, I hope that doesn’t have anything to do with it

[@chalkdust2877]

Been low carb for 2 years and developed new floaters. Fasting, IF, Keto and low carb do nothing to remove floaters. Nothing.

[@studio1988.]

​@@chalkdust2877 remember all cases are differents, just continue trying other diet, this doctors works for the illumunati and they dont want us to become healthy

[@dalhuset]

I went on the GAPS diet for gut healing and eventually ended up on low carb, gluten free, whole foods, animal based diet with fasting one day per week. Floaters have been greatly reduced where I hardly notice any unless I concentrate to see them on a bright day while staring at a blue sky.

[@BainMac]

My tinnitus take away the focus from the floaters until it reverses and floaters take my focus from the tinnitus.

[@naughtydog9843]

Haha same here man!

[@Enoch940]

Me as well.

[@wolfgangklein5549]

Same here 😏

[@lisamatheson3831]

I feel your pain!! Astroid hyalosis causes thousands of floaters! I have been told just to ignore it! (What a joke!)! Same with the tinnitus!

[@PlumpnDreamyWalrus]

Lmfao 😂

[@Webin88]

I just want to add this as a precaution to those with floaters, 40's and older: Don't use googles for swimming, it may cause PVD and boom, you'll have a really large floater right in your center field. The pressure caused by tight googles may cause PVD.

[@jeffng5513]

Then what sports can patients do if swimming is not recommended? I cannot think of other sports that we can do, sadly.

[@heman345]

Is there a scientific study or research to support your claim the using tight googles may cause PVD?. If you are an MD, you would not make this kind of claim without basis

[@TKO67]

@@jeffng5513 use regular a swimming mask.

[@lorireece1970]

Goggles?

[@deadmanswife3625]

​@@lorireece1970yeah the kind you put on the protect your eyes from chlorine water never heard of them?

[@wesleyc1029]

The most well balanced and thorough presentation on the options to treat floaters and the associated short term and long term cost/benefits and risks that I have ever seen. I have had a detached vitreous on both eyes in the last 4 yrs and noticed a significant increase in floaters. This presentation has been an immense help in my decision. I am going to wait as one eye cleared up reasonably fast but the other is taking more time. Thank you Dr. Chau!!!

[@mikefair8341]

Did you have surgury ? OR , Did you follow a nutition and diet plan ? Please share !

[@wesleyc1029]

@@mikefair8341 Did not have surgery or laser because of the risks. Have gotten better without any treatment or special diet. I have bigger eye problems to worry about (glaucoma, cataracts, pseudoexfoliation syndrome, Fuchs corneal dystrophy). Eyes are very delicate structures and the more you muck around in there, the more you open yourself up to some very serious and even permanent complications.

[@wesleyc1029]

@@mikefair8341 vitrectomy surgery or laser for floaters is too risky. I also am at risk for glaucoma, have cataracts, pseudoexfoliation syndrome and Fuch"s corneal dystrophy. All of this makes any surgery exponentially more risky. I will learn to live with floaters.

[@Bearwithme560]

All l can add is that my husband had vitrectomies done on each eye for spontaneous retinal detachments in 2007. His eyes are deteriorating due to having had to wait too long for surgery, and the shape of his eyeballs. The cataracts that developed a year later were nothing compared to the threat of total vision loss. Fifteen years later, l had to get vitrectomies for the Weiss rings that obliterated my vision so badly l felt suicidal, as l also have a severe autoimmune disease. They were absolutely pain- and side-effect- free, and the cataracts were readily dealt with, as with my husband. Four vitrectomies between two people, and though my surgery was "elective" (there was no other choice really), l am beyond grateful for having had both the vitrectomies, AND the good fortune to have had access to a superb retinologist. ETA, mine were all performed with zero sedation.

[@KrisD007]

I had vitrectomy and general sedation. I have too much anxiety.

[@joannwhite5341]

​@KrisD007 I'm curious, how was your recovery? I have anxiety and scared to get this done for severe blurring floaters. Thanks

[@vimalmittal5603]

Are you saying for floaters surgery is the best option? I have tons of floaters in one eye for last 9 months. Please be clear and help me out. What is the name of retinal surgeon and where he is located?

[@Bearwithme560]

@@vimalmittal5603 From my and my husband's viewpoints (pun not intended), surgery is the only solution. Our retinologist is at the Mitchell Eye Centre out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Nothing else for severe floaters works, and those who claim otherwise don't understand how horrible it is to live with "dirty eyes" and the constant distraction of debris floating in your line of vision.

[@joannwhite5341]

@@KrisD007 Kris, can you please tell me about your recovery. Did you have to be face down for any amount of time, etc. I'm having panic attacks regarding having this done for bad floaters that block my vision. Please respond. Thank you

[@OverlandOne]

I have had many floaters since my teen years and my eye doctor told me they would all settle out of my line of vision when I reached my 40's. Well, at 65, I now have many more than I had as a teen. They make seeing things close difficult because I have to wait for most of them to drift past the center of my vision. What I do not understand is why eye docs can't simply use a machine to remove the eye fluid and run it through a filtering system, much like dialysis, and back to the eye? It seems me, as a non medical professional of course, that this would be easy, fast, safer and would remove these particles and would probably only need to be done once. I am sure there are good reasons why this is not done but I do not know them. Thanks for this video.

[@jeffreyallen3777]

Like you, I had floaters all my life but to me they were more a matter of curiousity as they didn't impact my vision in any serious or even annoying way. In my mid sixties though I had a very scary(for me) PVD with some pretty severe visual effects which as predicted by my eye doctor eventually resolved itself when the detachment finally completed. That was when I had an onslaught of floaters which actually degrade my vision to the point I really would like to do something about them. I have one big one that is like a scab floating around inthere. I have seen several opthamologists about a different issue in one eye and when I ask about doing something about them they all say the same thing, which is they basically consider any of the any surgical or laser treatment , at least for now to be a last resort to be used when vision is so degraded there is no other option. It seems they just don't want to mess with an eye that's basically still working ok by their testing standards. To complicate my situation I am funtionally blind in one eye , so in case of a complication in one eye I have no "spare". It's really about risk/reward and when they test my vison at each appointment I'm still not on the reward side of the equation. My regular doctor was in his mid sixties and had examined and treated thousands of eyes during his carreer. He if it was him it would be a no to floater treatment and I have to trust his "feel" for the risk involved in any procedure.

[@testrak]

@@Haridy1980 The procedure causes cataract. Thus the lens will need to be replaced with IOL.

[@kunnakunna1508]

A very honest opinion l should say .With no fear no Favour

[@lucaswilliams2292]

The biggest problem with this is the consistency of the Vitreous humor. It’s like an egg white, and is typically homogenous. Running it through a filter would actually risk creating even more eye floaters.

[@thatswhatisaidCA]

@@testrak The nuances of this happening is explained in the video, so don't be scared by this statement, people.

[@kenworks6068]

Thank You Very much - I have probably a hundred floaters. After considering the potential complications I will continue to live with mine. I can still see past them and read.

[@bensheen5251]

Ive had 3 surgery s, my one is like watch a swarm of bees flying infront of me daily. If it gets to the point that it effects you day to day living too much, then personally i would seek to have the best option available, if you can get thru it without it taking over your life, fight on

[@12thDecember]

Thank you for answering the issue of YAG lasers! I have a Weiss ring floater in my right eye, which initially would sometimes make me think something was coming at me from my right side, making it a very disturbing situation when driving. In my left eye, the floater is a horseshoe-shaped blob, and at the beginning it looked like a tarantula in my peripheral vision. Also, when I look up at the sky, it feels like I'm seeing smoke, which an ophthalmalogist who specializes in floaters referred to as a "veil." He insisted I needed a vitrectomy even though he performed laser treatment for floaters, but I couldn't get up the nerve to have that surgery. I have my retinas checked every 6 months, and luckily the accompanying retinal flashes have subsided significantly. After 5 years, I've adjusted to the floaters by learning to more or less always look straight ahead, otherwise they continue to bob back and forth in my field of vision. Solid expanses of white, like snow on the ground, make them more prominent. I *hate* them.

[@patriciaann8131]

Hi I also have a Weiss ring but in the left eye and tons of floaters in both eyes...I also hate them 😢 been to doctors and have them checked last month, all look good. The doc asked if I wanted to remove them, I said have been thinking to do that for years now but am to chicken. 😅 wishing for a magic pill...😊

[@victorakandu9419]

Yes sometimes I see shadowy figures running across my room only to realize that they are my floaters... I was waiting for a herbal solution to the problem but none was given

[@swatipandey8432]

How are you now

[@jquery2774]

Yup, I pretty much don't take pills either, even if they are prescribed I look on the internet for chat groups to see how normal people like myself have reacted to them. I find a little more truth that way.@@patriciaann8131

[@AllesTorte]

I have a lot of floaters and a couple big ones. went to a couple eye docs and after digging into literature myself i came to the conclusion that i have to live with it.

[@jundelcaminero6678]

Doc im planning now to medicate myself with Lutein Vitamins plus a lot of pineapples.. i think is my long term plan for now.. with no assurance of laser or virectomy.. Thank Doc

[@michaelangst6078]

if it's that bad, at that point i would consider getting the Vitrectomy surgery with a highly qualified surgeon who has performed it 100's of times if you have gone the pill route with no real improvements

[@ArenaBreakout-lg6xu]

​@@jundelcaminero6678 did you do as your plan til now? What's the results?

[@MHarenArt]

I have some fairly "big" floaters, but I deal with them. They scared me when I got them - one of them just appeared so suddenly!! I live with them and don't want to take the risk of any procedures. They aren't bad enough for that. What an excellent and interesting discussion this was. Thank you.

[@HobbyOrganist]

Same here, the 31% needing cataract surgery within 2 years was the clincher, I sent the referral eye surgeon a FB message last night cancelling my appointment for the 28th, The 1-2% risk for the other complications is normal for any kind of surgery, but 31% is a massive problem, you sign up for one surgery and wind up actually needing TWO expensive surgeries and recovery time from work. Its different if there's another issue going on like detachment, but just a floaters only vitectomy carries a huge risk, 31% is unacceptable

[@OTEKA1]

I have been using Castor oil NOW FOR ONE WEEK ...all my eye FLOATERS HAVE DISAPPEARED - I REPEAT : All my EYE floaters have disappeared. I used to have like round black circular floaters ....those were the first to go and then the smaller transparent circular ones went! I wanted to see if it would help my eye sight and cataracts(early stage cataracts) .I apply castor oil drops directly into my eyes in the mornings and last thing at night.This is my own personal experience so far after one week, what works for me may not work for YOU as we all have difefrent DNAs......The CASTOR OILS did not react like some people say they got swollen eyes or red eyes, my eyes itched a tiny bit on and off but thats pretty much it.I havnt seen any eye improvements yet, maybe its early days.I will keep thsi going for 30 days and then check with my optician.

[@thevicsnipes]

@@OTEKA1how has it been going?

[@OTEKA1]

@@thevicsnipes Hi nothing much has changed since i started using CASTOR oil....applying direct into my eyes...just my EYES floaters went away..... still short-sighted,,still wearing same glasses....although i still need to go and check the status of my eyes with my optician that would tell what improvements if any??

[@pdnguyen]

@@OTEKA1did your eye floaters really go away completely? How many did you have? Did the oil in your eyes not irritate them or blur your vision?

[@mattjohnson7835]

Michael, that was an honest and detailed analysis on floaters. Before giving my .02 on this matter, I want to share my qualifications. I am not a doctor. I am a patient who's had the following eye procedures: Early adopter of lasik in both eyes late 90's; over 10 Yag laser floater treatments, full vitrectomy both eyes, fixed ERM issue in one eye during vitrectomy, cataract surgery both eyes, opting for Crystal Lenses. Current status: 20/20 near and far vision in my 60's. My first comment is, which you didn't address, where do floaters come from. In my case, I was driving down a highway, early morning and I saw a bright flash of light while driving. It didn't blind me, but I thought it was odd. Turns out, I was diagnosed with PVD (posterior Vitreous Detachment). I believe, this caused massive floaters in one eye. I tried to treat this by getting Yag laser treatments. In hindsight, while I did see some improvement, I probably should have considered Vitrectomy. Through my experience, I believe Yag laser is a viable option for patients who have a large floater or maybe a few floaters here and there. Where did my cataracts come from at early age. I believe 2 reasons: Lasik treatment. There are studies showing correlation between Lasik and cataracts. Secondly, too many Yag laser treatments, which you addressed in the risks to Yag treatments. While I made some questionable decisions on treatments to my eyes, having insurance-funded cataract surgery at an unusually young age has afforded me over 10 years of significant quality of life by having excellent vision. My golf game is better and I can read restaurant menus, in the low-light conditions where my friends all wear cheaters and turn on their phone lights. I owe my excellent vision to two Eye Surgeons in the Dallas area, one of which developed and patented one or more Cataract Eye Surgery instruments. The other is a prominent Retina Surgeon.

[@queenevans2929]

😊😊😊

[@gennylee6459]

Could you share their names? Thanks.

[@StrongBodymindandspirit]

What was the surgery?

[@mattjohnson7835]

@@StrongBodymindandspirit I mentioned the surgeries. Vitrectomy and ERM procedure. I've also had cataract surgery in both eyes.

[@lelandmartin6840]

im an opthalmic tech (COT) with 20 + yrs experience. ive worked for ophthalmologists that have done Yag for floaters....its not great and you need multiple lasers to get any bit of tiny improvement. Also ive seen PPV for floaters numerous times. Thats wayyyyy to much to go through for floaters. I have tons of floaters myself and dont plan on having anything done....if that tells you anything.

[@Rosebud2503]

Definitely telling me a lot. I am coping. Worst things. Grateful I can see.

[@craigcreationz]

I have tons of floaters since i was younger. I taught they were normal and everyone had them. I didn't even know they were an issue. They never bothered me at all and I have 20/20 vision

[@leia2854]

Hi. Do you have any suggestions to live better and do not see them?

[@Glory-to-God.]

if you dont think its an issue, that means your floaters are pretty small and not in the centre of your vision. if you have those big ones...its totally different

[@itclub]

I have had floaters for about 5 years. At first they were very irritating. I thought about them all the time and consequently noticed them all day long. In my case it was one dot in right eye that I especially noticed throughout a day. Yet, after some time of trying to ignore it, it stopped being a nuisance. The brain ceased to see these floaters, in my case that irritating dot. I functioned normally. However, in Jan this year a bigger dot showed up in my eye. It stayed in my vision range for about a few weeks. Thank God, after that time it must have dropped to the bottom of the eye, or got displaced beyond my vision area. As for now, I do have a few floaters but I hardly notice them, only when I think of them or look at the white wall. The point is that floaters luckily move in the vitreous body and often tend to go down or somewhere out of our vision. If not now, it is much probable that it will happen to those with this problem. Don't worry, try to ignore them and give it some time. It should get better 🙂

[@carls-95]

The supplement one is promising. It's good to see that there are still scientists out there trying and researching new things. I'm sure something will be found at some point.

[@LizardMane]

Physically impossible for that to happen

[@hotbx119]

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[@jjsmama401]

I’ve been taking “Ocuvite” which you can get from CVS and it seems to be helping.

[@miriamweller812]

@@LizardMane Why should this be impossible? Even more physically? Many people can live their lives without these floaters, so overall it's clearly something that does not need to happen and the body is able to keep the fluid free of it. So the question is, what is wrong where they come into existence and how can you change that?

[@tripsadelica]

Dr. Chua...wow! What a refreshing and intelligent video, free of mumbo-jumbo and subjectivity and very measured and objective. I have had minor floaters which appear and then fade away since I was in my fifties. Now that I am in my sixties I have developed PVD and a large black-thread style reversed "letter C" in the right mid section of my right eye's field of view. This happened two weeks ago. I have had the eyes checked at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne (Australia) because there was some right field flashing when I blinked my eyes (I was worried about my retina) and the very kind ophthalmologist there confirmed the PVD, the floater (similar to a Weiss Ring) and told me to have another thorough examination in six weeks, which I will do. In all other respects she said my retinas were healthy and the initial examination gave me a score of 6/6 in both eyes for visual acuity (which I am not sure I understand). I am terrified of any eye problems I must admit and the floater has been driving me crazy. Like many people I Googled and Googled and there was a plethora of information which was often contradictory. I started taking Bromelain, Lysine and Gingko Biloba and I have been taking a Lutein supplement called "Macu-Vision" for years. For a while I was convinced that I would wait a few months and have the YAG laser procedure but I was scared because the ophthalmologist who checked me at the RVEE Hospital told me she felt that both procedures presented risks which far outweighed the benefits. Your video has now convinced me that she was wise and quite right. Now I will wait to see if the floater drops towards the bottom of the eye or drifts out of the field of view. The hospital ophthalmologist told me this MIGHT happen but that the collagen would not break up of its own accord. Dr. Chua, is it true that floaters can drop to the bottom of the eye or move out of the field of vision? Also, are you aware of this new development, a link for which I will add below. Thanks again for your excellent video. I wish you worked here in Melbourne because I think I would sitting on your doorstep as soon as you set up your clinic and got going here! Best wishes to you!!! www.drugdiscoverynews.com/safer-eye-floater-treatments-come-with-a-burst-of-nanobubbles-15396

[@gailfrench8852]

Great info Doctor. I hate my floaters. My other eye had 3 retina detachments. Im trying to pray my floaters away in the good eye.

[@victorvalentino5872]

Had Virectomy surgery to remove floaters. Total success and I now see like I did when I was a teenager. I could not see anymore without blinding glare at night due to floaters before the surgery

[@eramshaikh_21397]

How much time passed?

[@naughtydog9843]

Nice Victor! How old were you at surgery time and how are you doing now? Any frill or anything like that? Thank you Sir.

[@victorvalentino5872]

@@naughtydog9843 everything is good.

[@HerbertAtkinson]

What people have to understand there is a BIG RISK going thru any eye Lazer surgery but most eye doctors won't tell people that but if people do the homework research many reviews on videos here on utube & eye doctors in their area reading the reviews they will find out that people lost their sight going thru procedures it's NOT worth the risk at all, it's better to adapt to what you have now then to take a serious chance of loosing what you presently have now, I have more problems in one of my eyes compared to most people, waviness, yellow tint vision, white flashes, far sightedness, night shadows beside trees or any objects, & 3D magnification fish bowl effect, I decided to live with it NOT risking to loose complete sight in my eye just continuing to pray things go back to normal.

[@bensheen5251]

@@HerbertAtkinson hope you get improvement, manuka honey, great thing to try. It is expensive as you need a high rating on it, bilberry and lutin good too. The thing thats always got me, if laser surgery is to stop you needing glasses, why the f"*k, nearly every optometrist ive seen over 20 years, wears glasses,

[@johnthree1611]

I've been really noticing my floaters lately, and they bug me. A doctor told me as a teen that I'd eventually stop noticing them, and get used to them. it's felt like a lonely experience, but after seeing all the comments, it seems to be common.

[@BlackDragon-tf6rv]

Don't worry too much, i've been seeing them since i was a child. Sometimes they bother me but then i forget about it

[@johnthree1611]

@@BlackDragon-tf6rv , I've had mine since 12, they bug me more and more as I get older.

[@kaduvakunnelkuriachan1245]

​@@BlackDragon-tf6rvhow do you sleep? Like when you imagine something to sleep amd if the black floater disturbs, how do you avoid it?

[@BlackDragon-tf6rv]

@@kaduvakunnelkuriachan1245 I have mainly two big chunks of floaters in my visión, they appear as little balls but if they pass through a water dropplet or a tear (i'm not kiding, i see this when showering), i can see hundreds of them. They don't bother me as much as you think, maybe i notice them like twice a year. I don't think much about them, so they go unnoticed and it depends on the contrast of what I'm seeing at the moment. So, in the night or while sleeping i don't seem them but if i'm looking at something really bright like the sky, they're really annoying.

[@BlackDragon-tf6rv]

@@kaduvakunnelkuriachan1245 If you see them while sleeping, probably your room is too bright

[@loununya9251]

I've had numerous floaters in both eyes since 1977. The bromelain supplements I have taken in the last year has helped me tremendously. I would say a 75% reduction in floaters.

[@nhuo2765]

Congratulations, I'm suffering from floaters as well and am quite concerning about the side effects of the laser treatment. Your review really makes me feel relief.

[@jjtt6866]

Bromelain is the key to dissolve floaters.

[@ivaniliev6242]

Hello. I wish you all best. Can you please share how many mgs per day bromelain you've been consuming?

[@RandomFunCoolSuff-uh3sk]

Really! That would be awesome. My floaters are getting bigger somehow...

[@jayrcool8256]

What supplement do you take

[@pointandshootvideo]

Very interesting. I just started eating pineapples a month ago to address another health issue. I have a ton of floaters! I get back to you in 3 months.

[@NoName-gl6zt]

how its now after eating pineapples?

[@sumpahGWganteng]

it's been 3 months

[@pointandshootvideo]

I still have the floaters. It's hard to tell, but it might actually be slightly better. I'm limited as to how much I can eat per day, but I continue to eat pineapple. I'll be satisfied when the floaters are completely gone.

[@radjalomas8854]

an update? I'm curious

[@mettymentari4335]

Update please

[@ericjamesferrara]

Ive had the same floater my whole life.hes got some friends now.

[@gregorymark6014]

See a doctor immediately if suddenly you have floaters (I did!) and make sure that he or she is a retinal specialist and has the letters MD after their name (don't run to an ophthalmologist, run to a retinal specialist/MD). Turns out that I had a retinal hole that could have caused a detached retina and loss of vision in that eye. I was immediately referred to an eye surgeon and Cryotherapy (this happened in 1998) was preformed within a couple of hours. Took about 30 minutes. The scar is really cool on pictures of my retina and fortunately it is out of my field of vision. My sight remains better in that eye than my other eye until this day. Floaters? I have a lots of them in both eyes. Annoying sometimes, yes! However I urge you, do not risk your vision to have them removed!!!

[@sabinamoreno4799]

👍

[@mwyn5085]

Great video with discussion of all options and risks/benefits - will definitely help me make up my mind about what to do about my floaters. Thank you, Dr. Chua!👍🏻😃

[@spiritualsongs9081]

how's your floaters?

[@kimber12]

This is one of the best videos I've seen on floaters. Thanks so much for explaining the options in depth. Very helpful!

[@joecutro7318]

Thank you! This was the most clear and comprehensive presentation that I have seen on this subject.

[@rickt2419]

Likewise with many others, I also appreciate theis video! I am a diabetic and had the laser treatment a couple of years ago for both of my eyes (separately); since then my right eye developed a more sever floater problem about a month ago and will be getting the Vitrectomy with Laser surgery in a few days... I look forward to the positive result that you have described. Thanks!

[@m3kbeatz]

Plz report back when u done.

[@rickt2419]

Me again, reporting back! This is my 2nd day after my Vitrectomy surgery, feeling much much more in to typing and looking at the monitor... Below is a quick rundown of and after the surgery: ~0-hours, received Anti-anxiety medication through an IV injection on my forearm; also received the anesthesia via an injection under my right eyeball (a sharp pain lasted about 3--seconds) ~0.5 hours, the actual surgery began with me wide awake feeling relaxed, although not feeling a thing on my right eye, I can see shadow-like movements inside the right eyeball when the needles (injecting saline solution, lighting probe, for suction) were being inserted. The actual surgery took about 25 minutes with eye-patch taped-on then I was wheeled to recovery then released after another 30-minutes. ~3-hours after the surgery, as the anesthesia was wearing off I began feeling much more pain to the right side of my head (with a couple of Aleves basically took care of the pumping-pain level down to about a 2 on a scale of 1-5).. ~24-hours after the surgery, during the post surgery exam, the pain level was at 1 without Aleve; temp eye-patch was removed and I was sent home with Tobramycin 4 times a day 1-drop each time to the right eye only. ~48-hours later absolutely no pain to my head, but, if I move my eyes too fast or too far up I get a sharp pain ( i think that may be from the plastic stretcher used during surgery to keep my eyelid open & eyeball stationary), also need to lay down & get up slowly as well... Vision wise, I see a bubble occupying about 1/3 of the space inside my eyeball which according to my doctor it will gradually go away in about a week or two... the saline solution looked semi-transparent so not yet able to clearly see specific objects but just lights & blur movements. My next follow-up is in 24-days...

[@m3kbeatz]

@@rickt2419 thanks

[@slimchica1]

@@rickt2419 wow Rick, thanks for the update! Happy to hear your pain level decreased and that you’re doing better. Can’t wait to hear about your next follow up, I’ll be praying for you.

[@gnaskant3428]

​@@rickt2419 Can you tell us a bit about the situation now ?

[@suecone2198]

I have had floaters for many years but I was told that the brain gets used to seeing them. I had one that was very large so when it showed up I just blinked until I didn’t see it anymore. Thanks for all this information!

[@benjaloun2012]

So your brain can remove it from the field of vision even it exist ?

[@eddyvideostar]

@@benjaloun2012 The brain is an inure mechanism.

[@benjaloun2012]

@@eddyvideostar thank you, I try to ignore them, but I have a really big on like a cloud

[@suzeauster2223]

​@@benjaloun2012I've been hearing very good results taking Bromelain / or eat Pineapple 🍍

[@Py16777216]

Unfortunately if the floater mooves a lot it's difficult for the brain to normalize and not see it. There is a shocking amount of blood vessels directly in front of our visual field.

[@Webin88]

I had floaters since I was a young boy, it's probably in our genes. A few years back, I had a really large floater right at the center field of my left eye, it was caused by PVD. This type of floaters can be treated "safely" than the regular floaters, because when PVD happens, the floaters come farther from the Retina. There are only 3 doctors in the USA that has vast experience on Laser treatment, and my doctor outright refused to do my right eye inspite of my repeated pleas. After 3 sessions, my floaters in the left eyes that were caused by PVD almost gone 85%. The doctor said regular floaters are too close to the retina to shoot, I think he had some bad experience on this. Eating Pineapple doesn't work, it's expensive, and all I got from it was diabetes. Floaters is dead end, there is no cure.

[@DanSurprise]

Hi can I know what happened to your big floater? I just developed a huge one due to PVD and i'm searching for options to remove it.

[@huntercoleman460]

@@DanSurprise there’s an eye doctor in Texas named Dr. Johnson who makes atropine eye drops. It doesn’t remove the floaters but it dilates the eyes to mask them so you don’t see them.

[@airatru]

I've heard numerous times that fasting and intermediate fasting can remove floaters (body eats all rubbish when starving). I've tried several times for short periods of time, like 2-11 days, but that didn't help. Need to get more info on that, I guess.

[@huntercoleman460]

@@airatru floaters are clumps in the jelly of your eye. The only way to 100% get rid of them is risky eye surgery. However they would only operate on you if your floaters make it hard for you to function. You could try atropine eye drops. Doesn’t get rid of them but it dilates your eyes so you don’t see them as much. Usually people adapt to their floaters and don’t see them as much.

[@exploringgodscountry]

I also wondered if optically some people are less tolerant of floaters. For instance when myopia is corrected, the focal length of the eye in conjunction with corrective lenses somehow amplifies the effect of floaters on image projection.

[@suzettek2362]

This was very informative. It was also concerning. I know I made bad choices out of my fear of Dr.'s. When I had difficulty seeing out of my left eye on the morning of 3-4-20 I wrote it off to seeing my mom on life support, family disconnect, getting a picture of my grandchild mauled. I drove home. Leaving my mom. My service dog and I made it back to Palm City Florida from Hilton head hospital. My view was horrible. My left eyes view was very much like looking through dark smoke. Right eye was normal. I never had this checked until one of my best friends encouraged me. You have given me a lot to think about. I will watch this video again. Thank you so much, doctor Chua.. Many blessings to you.🙏

[@peterpiper487]

The thing about pineapples is that the bromelain is concentrated in the CORE of the pineapple... which most people throw away because it's not really that edible and it doesn't taste all that great either. But there is a supplement that contains bromelain and papain which seems to work for a lot of people.

[@DudeX01]

Thank you for this video. It is so hard to get this information from ophthalmologists.

[@keithbessant]

I've also heard that blueberries or Lutein supplements were helpful with floaters, but I didn't notice any difference after several months. Your video reassured me that the supplements probably weren't worth taking. My floaters began after I started working night shifts. My optician says they're just caused by ageing. But then obviously ageing can be worsened by lack of sleep or a poor diet.

[@ZOKUUUUUU]

Mine also appeared when I started working nights. After a week of poor sleep, new floaters appeared.

[@4bdn_]

So do you guys think its from poor sleep? Because i suffer from insomnia and I swear I’ve been noticing them more

[@keithbessant]

@@4bdn_ I think so, because the other night carers I work with get them. One I spoke to has had them for ages and she was only 30 years old last year. So I don't really believe it's just naturally caused by ageing.

[@TheChipMcDonald]

Poor sleep would make sense in my situation - I only sleep about 4-5 hours a night, sometimes less.... earlier in my life much less.

[@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr]

Honestly just eat a healthy diet and exercise like you depend on it. I had floater since I was like 12 and started increasing at 28 due to having no body circulation and eating bad. It’s up to us to take care of our bodies now or it will progressly get worse as the years go by. I been eating clean for a year and don’t bother me at all

[@K_Cameron]

I started getting floaters at 17 and had them ever since. Im 25 now and they are more bothersome than ever. I see 20/20 which im thankful for so i will just deal with them rather than take risks

[@dive2drive314]

I would try natural remedies, but no way would i do the laser treatment. Even if there was less than a 1% chance of vision loss, floaters don't bother me enough to justify the risk of damage to my eyes. I really enjoy my vision!

[@kaduvakunnelkuriachan1245]

Ok. How do you sleep with the floaters. What do you imagine while sleeping to avoid floaters from intruding

[@galaxytraveler5779]

@@kaduvakunnelkuriachan1245 The floaters in my eyes are black, so they have never interfered with my sleep. I generally don't notice them unless im looking at the sky for long enough or a white screen. I didn't even think of those kind of floaters that could disrupt sleep, though. When did you get that problem?

[@SiriusMined]

Floaters are really giving me a hard time right now. My left eye is loaded with them. It's getting hard to see, and it's wrecking my mental health.

[@SpinStar1956]

I got sucked up in the Bromelain hipe and took it at high-concentration for over a year with ZERO-RESULTS! I have/had significant floaters in both eyes. About a 1-1/2 years after ending the Bromelain experiment, I finally got some relief in my left non-dominant-eye. However my dominant right-eye is still just as bad as it ever was with no improvement. So, I call BS on Bromelain and feel the relief in my left eye was just naturally-occuring. I'm pretty nervous about a vitrectomy and am extremely near-sighted which works very well for my electronics micro-circuits hobby. So, I'm therefore nervous about artificial lens options when having cataract-surgery, and possibly losing my natural microscopic vision. Thanks for the video and I really feel you gave an accurate and even-handed assessment of the situation... P.S. We have a number of very talented opthamologists and every one of them absolutely REFUSE to use a laser--PERIOD!!!

[@myobmyob2215]

Which comes first VT or CAT surgery chicken or egg why cant opthmos agree on anything ANYTHING

[@Rita50]

After cataract surgery I cannot see clearly even in glasses. I used to be highly myopic and I lost that microscopic vision. But to be honest my close vision also was getting bad over time even being myopic. Cataract surgery is such a pain. I got floaters now which I never had. I don’t understand people who choose to have this operation just because they fed up of glasses.

[@AngusNB]

There is another KZbin _Dr._ recommending a combination of; Choline - 1000 mg, Inositol - 500 mg, Methionine - 200 mg and L-Lysine - 1-3 grams I am curious about your thoughts on this. I am interested in floater research as I am legally blind and have floaters that have interrupted my already poor vision. I appreciate your more scientific explanations of the possible methods for reducing floaters. You agree with my own ophthalmologist, whom I do trust.

[@Ozziemachine1]

Hi Michael, you made a very well balanced video on this matter. Thank you for that. As an orthopedic surgeon in The Netherlands with cataract surgery on both eyes (as I was told maybe due to overexposure to X-rays) I have a lot of floaters. Sometimes it bothers me a lot, but most of the time I see them, but cope with it. It seems that the brain is cancelling them out in a way. You have many reactions, most of them positive. To the idiots who “wish you had floaters yourself”, or telling you that “it is easy for you to say from your comfortable chair” I’d like to say something: now you say that you are eager to step over the risks of at least 1 -3 %. But when you board a plane and the pilot tells you there is a 1% chance of crashing, you immediately step out of the plane, and go to another one. You are only willing to take that chance if it is the last plane out of a war zone. I know exactly the type of these demanding patients: no matter how you patiently explain ecerything, “there needs something to be done” , and “I can’t live like this for the rest of my life”. These are also the first ones to sue you when things go wrong during or after surgery. Despite your efforts to mention the pro’s and con’s this group of patients will never be satisfied. And you have to protect yourself from them, and the patients from themselves. Keep up the good work! Oscar van Leeuwen

[@shirleyhand4002]

Dr. Chua, your video is informative and so comprehensive. Thank you! I recently had cataract surgery. Oct. 4, 2023 for my left eye and Oct. 18, 2023 for my right eye. On Oct. 15, almost two weeks post surgery O.S, I noticed a black floater. I'd had floaters in both eyes for years, but, thankfully, my brain had suppressed them. This black dot was new. In a few days, the one black dot became a swarm of "gnats" floating around my vitreous. My ophthalmologist did a thorough exam to rule out retinal tears. He said my retina was intact. So far, I've had no new floaters in the right eye. But, the left has developed a new floater that looks like an amoeba. So, in addition to the black dots, I also have an "amoeba." Couple that with the exacerbation of my dry eye disease from the drops I needed to use post-cataract surgery and you can say I am NOT happy. My ophthalmologist said that he is not in favor of Yag laser vitreolysis at this time. He said I should give my eye at least six months to see if the floaters become less bothersome. I am also going to start Miebo for my dry eyes. I've been on Restasis since April. It helped prior to the cataract surgery, but hasn't lasted as long during the day as before. I'm cautiously optimistic about the Miebo. My take away...put off cataract surgery if you can. If you have dry eyes, be sure you've gotten this disease under control before the cataract surgery.

[@12thDecember]

Awful to fix one problem and end up with another. Based on experience, though, I agree with your ophthalmologist to give it more time. I think 6 months is optimistic, but I have heard of floaters literally "floating down" and becoming undetectable. Good luck

[@bgjb-r1499]

While there have been significant improvements from the mid to the late 1970’s risk still persists when performing a vitrectomy. In my opinion improving vitrectomies is the answer and the moment researchers are able to significantly reduce the cataract risks you’ll see patients getting in line for this procedure. I have floaters and they have been beyond annoying my entire life.

[@huntercoleman460]

Have you tried low dose atropine?

[@adamvz6078]

How old are you? When did you first notice your floaters?

[@bgjb-r1499]

@@adamvz6078 I noticed them at the beach when I was 23. There were only a few and not much of an issue. However, by the age of 34 they were significant and annoying. Today at the age of 61 my floaters are about the same with the exception of this huge grey glob that moves from left to right.

[@user-mp9id6yt1p]

I appreciate your thorough deconstruction of current literature! Mine started after chemo (over a year ago) and have remained since. I am over it!

[@paulwalther5237]

I had laser surgery to improve my eyesight PRK twice in one eye and LASIK in the other. The eyesight didn’t improve. I got a bunch of floaters in both eyes but mostly in the right eye there’s a few bad ones that make using a computer or reading a book etc actually painful due to eye strain. It makes me mad that every eye doctor tells me floaters just go away. I’ve had these things for 25 years and they didn’t go away. Oh I have severe dry eye also from the laser surgery. I’d probably not jump on the surgery table again but I’d appreciate if they actually reviewed the options with me seriously and the risks. Recently they added dark mode as an option for the main piece of software we use at my job. Not all the apps have dark mode but man… dark mode is a god send. I wish all the apps had it of course but I’m grateful. It made work so much more tolerable.

[@eoinmcg88]

Same thing happened to me - go to your eye specialist and ask for IKERVIS - helps me a lot with my dry eye after laser

[@marsu37de]

Thank you, Dr. Chua, for this comprising piece of information regarding the chances and risks of vitrectomy vs. vitreolysis, especially by including the most recent studies on the subject. This really gives me a good foundation for my decision whether to get my floaters treated and by which means. I have had floaters for as long as I can remember; they were sometimes quite annoying, but never to a degree that would let me take the risk of a surgery or laser treatment. Only recently I noticed some more intense changes in my vision, bigger blobs of floaters, quite in the center of my view and not moving with the direction of view but strangely the opposite way - rather disturbing... I will get this checked by my eye doctor. I work at a computer screen and do a lot of text work, so a good, clear vision is essential for me.

[@thestork2210]

But post your overall situation whether or not you will go with any of the known options to solve floaters issues, and follow ups. Thank you . All the best.

[@JoyceWrightPierce]

I have the same symptoms. It feels like a windshield wiper is in my eye. It's been recommended that I have laser treatment because she saw a retinal tear that seemed to be healing itself since she saw scar tissue.

[@marsu37de]

@@JoyceWrightPierce I found that my floaters were also the result of a (very tiny and spot-like) retina tear, kind of a debris from that incident. A tear may occur when the vitreous detaches from the retina due to age related shrinking. Sometimes this process goes on silently and without notice, bit sometimes the retina gets torn by adhering fibres. My retina could be treated with Laser only two days after the tearing had happened, therefore there will be no permanent damage according to my eye doctor. He also said that I would get accustomed to these floaters (and most of them would sink to the bottom of my eye anyway), but now, five months later, I cannot really confirm this... :(

[@JoyceWrightPierce]

@@marsu37de I have an upcoming appointment with a retinal specialist. My Opthalmologist said he will access the retinal tear to see if he needs to reinforce the healing with laser treatment to make sure I don't end up with a detached retina. The floaters are annoying though. I hope yours moves to the bottom of your eye. 🙏🏼

[@marsu37de]

@@JoyceWrightPierce Good of you to see your doctor to check your retina. My doctor was very serious about it and pushed me to have it treated with Laser the same evening. Since it was already late afternoon and all regular specialists had already closed, I ended up at the emergency ward in our local university clinic for head-related conditions - where I got treatment only 30 minutes later. :) After my laser treatment, I was not allowed for quick or bigger movements with my eyes (changing viewing direction), reading or screen work for several days. This was the toughest part. The sooner the treatment, the better the healing chances without aftereffects. I wish you all the best!

[@stevedave5867]

Cataracts formation after vitrectomy includes those over 60. 30-40 you're looking at a good 15 years average before cataracts formation after an vitrectomy.

[@LizardMane]

Bullshit I've met a good amount of young people who's gotten them in less than 5 years all under 35

[@jmparchem]

Nice video, especially your observations, I hate the way medical industry uses statistics for outlooks. I had Lasik many years ago (early 90s), at that time I was told that 95% of patients have no complications, I realized that I might have viewed the statistics differently if I had heard it as 1 out of 20 experience complications, especially while looking around at the number of people in the office while waiting for my third surgery fixing a complication. This was at a large but reputable practice; I realized that every day the practice had multiple complications. Recently I had a Vitrectomy to correct a traction that was impacting my vision. They also as a bonus removed the floaters in my eyes. That operation for the traction worked I gained a few lines in the vision chart and all the floaters were gone. We are all taught that 95% is an A, but 5% is a large number for an optional surgery.

[@sjorlando7282]

Well I tried the yag for a major clump blocking my Vision. Didn’t help. Just broke them up into more. Had a floater Vitrectomy and everything is gone! Quick procedure. No regrets.

[@niecielask9542]

Was the vitrectomy surgery that simple? I’m hearing the surgery is really risky and invasive. I’m afraid to get it.

[@JFowkes97]

Would also love to know the after of draining the eye

[@naughtydog9843]

Was is a fob or a full pov induced one?

[@mvssarma3387]

I got it done at my 73rd year. I am happy with it with no known side effects.

[@Sunny-mv7te]

Great video! I watched it prior and post my vitrectomy. Thank you, Dr. Chua! I can't agree anymore to your critical thinking/analysis regarding the pineapple studies. For me, its been 3 weeks since I underwent my vitrectomy with epiretinal membrane peeling surgery. I had a smooth recovery with keeoing 4-day face down position. I felt my vision improved when compared to my vision prior to the sugery, not as good as normal 20/20 though. I still can see some floaters, which means I received core vitrectomy. Now let's see how long or if I will develop the cataract.

[@kimberlychan6283]

I will be going for vitrectomy for epiretinal membrane in my left eye next month ..feeling anxious 😥

[@bartofilms]

Questions: 1.) Have they researched using a nitrogen field, or other means of preventing oxygen / air from entering the eye during vitrectomy? 2.). Have they researched robotic/micro-surgery techniques to remove the largest, most obtrusive of vitreous floaters or a means to otherwise filter the vitreous gel within the eye without removing it? 3.) Has there been any reasearch into ultrasonic ablation of vitreous floaters? I have floaters in both eyes. The ones in right eye from an injury are very noticeable, but I’m not willing to risk cataract, nor permanent vision loss to correct them. 4.) What about a combination of stem cell and cloning technology to manufacture new replacement vitreous fluid that matches that of the patient’s biology?

[@brayanluissoundtracks1771]

To be honest, I see it as unlikely that the scientific field will bother to find a solution to our floaters problem, because there is not much demand, or maybe there is, but for some reason they don't, I don't want to sound pessimistic but there are already many of us. Those of us who suffer from a disease like this, and the only thing I have seen are largely negative comments about how vitreolysis or vitrectomy do not work and that they tell you to resign yourself to living like this until the day you die, it is simply frustrating and fills you with helplessness knowing that you can't do anything other than simply sit and wait and resign yourself.

[@ayoCanada0921]

To be honest I used to experienced floaters , I'am a bit scare i ask myself is it just happened to me, now i don't experiened see floaters anymore and i don't even know how it disappeared.

[@muzkat101]

In the cases of patents receiving Vitrectomy surgery, I would argue (postulate as a thesis) the majority of 'side effects' were likely to occur even without the surgery; that they were related to earlier underlining health conditions. Therefore, I argue that many of these patients with 'side-effects' would have occurred and likely developed the symptoms even without the surgery.

[@ChevySS1968]

I eat pineapple slices daily, and take supplements too. The combo truly helps with my floaters, they have gotten better over time. When I slack off taking these things, the floaters become much more noticeable. I'd like to try a more aggressive treatment BUT I do not want to go blind!!! Blindness is worse than death to me...............

[@paulcramer5671]

It’s highly likely that your floaters got better over time and it had zero to do with eating pineapples or not

[@ChevySS1968]

@@paulcramer5671 - they don't 'get better' unless I stay on the diet of supplements and pineapple. If I stop that regimen, the floaters get worse, then they improve again once I re-start the regimen. I've gone through this cycle numerous times to confirm. It's interesting.....

[@paulcramer5671]

@@ChevySS1968 if you feel it works for you that’s all that matters

[@rocketr2]

Pineapples and what supplements do you take. I want to try

[@paulcramer5671]

@@rocketr2 my advice is don’t waste your time and money …. It’s like being convinced you can make socks disappear from a washing machine during a spin cycle without opening the door

[@DihelsonMendonca]

💥 My floaters never went away, since my 20s. I'm 58 and it's worse, now they are huge, and when they move in front of the lens, I can't almost see anything. 😮😮😮

[@Stan_144]

I method missing here is: fasting which activates autophagy. It was recommended by Dr Berg. BTW: I am going to try supplement method combined with some fasting over the 6 month period.

[@dive2drive314]

The natural and holistic approach is the way to go. I use the medical system is little as possible.

[@Stan_144]

@@dive2drive314 People look for solutions that work. BTW: Based on my experience: eye floaters appeared in larger number after I had a day with larger sun exposure and experienced PVD (confirmed by a doctor). Now from what I read in many sources: these sympoms with eye floaters should mostly resolve by itself during 6 month period. So my understanding is: as PVD heals itself over a certain time period, there will be less eye floaters. Would you agree ?

[@miriamweller812]

Dr. Berg is not a specialist at all, though and he sells a lot of the supplements as wonderdrug (he's not producing those himself by the way). Doesn't mean that many problems we got can be solved or reduced by better vitamine and minerals intake. You overall simply can get them a lot cheaper than over such people.

[@jasb78]

Please keep me abreast of your testimonial!

[@burung81]

hi, can share your result. prolong fasting to induce autophagy + bromelin?

[@TheSimidog]

My floaters are like lumps of jelly. Im 69 and they are affecting my vision a lot especially on closeup work. Ive tried the pineapple hack and Im glad to hear I can stop eating the stuff.

[@joannwhite5341]

Someone on here said that castor oil got rid of her floaters!

[@parkashparkash3053]

Hello doctor do you have any idea about advancement of gold nano bubbles bursting to treat floaters? When it could be available for patients?

[@jens7898]

Don't put anything NANO into your body.

[@doloreswinsbarrow1110]

Thank to DM Chua for ur time, and for explaining about the eye floaters, and the risk in taking laser for the eyes. Ur video was very helpful and informative thanks. 👍

[@InJusticeAustralia]

That was a fantastic presentation. Thank you so much.

[@MartianTom]

I've had a few small floaters over the years and they haven't proven too troublesome. Recently, however, I had a retinal tear in my left eye (treated with laser surgery) which has resulted in a 'blob' of vitreous material about the size (as it appears in my field of vision) of a dime. As well as having a defined black border, so that it looks like a bubble, it is also dense enough for my eye to need to strain to see through it. It's probably no thicker than a sliver of a hair, but if I'm reading it distorts my vision, and if I hold something close up I can see the cluster of thousands of tiny micro-dots that make it up. For reading or screen work, it causes eye strain ache. I've been told that it should settle down over the weeks, and that my brain will 'get used' to it. But at the moment it's a serious irritation. I'll give it time. Thanks for this advice.

[@swift1211]

Bromelain definetly doesnt work i use 3 diffrent brands for 6 months 2 capsule a day, 500mg each on empty stomach and nothing happen

[@toast032]

consuming bromelain with a meal is very important for it to work.

[@SylvainSybaris]

I'm 59, and I developed a "FLOATER" almost 2 years ago... The only time I really notice it is what I look at a light colored or white wall, but sometimes anywhere I can see it, and sometimes I think it's a gnat or fly... LOL.... Since I've had this floater for nearly 2 years, I got so used to it, but like I said, I don't always notice it... i just hope it doesn't get worse, but NO, I do NOT trust laser or any other kind of surgery, so I'll just deal with it because it's not hindering at all.

[@amybeard2054]

Thank you for this invaluable information. I have been struggling with a large floater in the center of my field of vision since September 2023. It can be very disruptive and depressing to deal with.

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

I had a large dark floater in each eye a few years ago. They were extremely annoying because they were in sharp focus and zipped around when I moved my eyes quickly. It took some months for them to gradually drift out of the focal region of my vision, but eventually they blurred and disappeared, in less than a year. According to the optometrist, they're still there, but I don't see them. I hope yours will disappear too, given time.

[@amybeard2054]

@@b.a.erlebacher1139 So glad yours disappeared from sight. Thank you. I hope mine does as well. Super annoying.

[@jundelcaminero6678]

So it means it will gradually move away

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

@@jundelcaminero6678 Well, mine did. If you have this problem, I hope yours will.

[@R0B0T037]

Having the same issue w a dark floater directly in front of my field of view. It is depressing. In this day & age there should be more solutions

[@6276ede]

Nice video. Thank you. Unfortunately, as an eye floater sufferer there is nothing you can do. The last part of the video is the most significant...ignore them the best you can, like an annoying noise whilst trying to sleep

[@virginiaalt1245]

Thank you Dr. Chua for this wonderful information. You are helping so many people! God bless you!

[@Patyparadise]

He is not helping he is just giving you No Hopes 😡

[@jameswohlsen6754]

I had cataract surgery on both eyes last April. Subsequently had two separate tears of the retina in my left eye. Recently had the YAG laser treatment to correct cloudiness that developed in the old sacks left from the original cataract surgery. While the laser treatment has cleared-up the cloudy vision that I was experiencing in both eyes, the procedure has now left opaque floaters in both eyes. The surgeon said my brain may learn to adapt to this vision experience, but short of a vitrectomy there is not much he can do to eliminate them. The vision is much improved, but these floaters are annoying especially when reading or working on the computer.

[@hector_m1973]

I was diagnosed with PVD after an eye contusion and taking bromelain (500mg) +papain (500mg) supplements one week after my eye accident made a HUGE improvement. Two very big , curtain like floaters transformed from opaque, greyish and narrow, to traslucent, transparent and wider. And traslucent floaters are much much less annoying than opaque ones. If they disappear in the future, I dont know, but lets hope so. Could be that those proteolytic enzymes work better if given right after the lesion, in some sort of scarring renewal.

[@AllesTorte]

over time my floaters are going more translucent. thats quite normal and happens without supplements too

[@brieskystar]

How did your injury happen? I was punched and got PVD My floaters improved after 1 yr w/o supplements but I have dry eye now Some days my floaters bother me & I wish I still had my clear vision I wear glasses every day now & really miss my contacts

[@hector_m1973]

@@brieskystar An electric extension plug hit my eye, perhaps one of the metal pins hitting it slightly. Its 60 days now and the floaters are in the same position , but bigger (more scattered and more translucent). Its less annoying (perhaps because i got used to them). So if changes occur, these changes are so slow that they arent worth it. No miracle solution except vitrectomy (and vitrectomy has some risks). I assume that PVD derived floaters are much more annoying than non-PVD. PVD derived floaters tend to move a lot, while the others are static.

[@HobbyOrganist]

@@hector_m1973 That's the problem, the surgery itself can cause new floaters, and then there's the study the doctor mention in the video that showed 31% of the full vitrectomy surgeries had developed cataracts within 2 years needing another surgery for THAT!

[@PurpleStuff-vb8jf]

how are they looking now?

[@timmytainment]

Thank you for your Infos! I have about 50 up to 70 Floaters as a Softwaredeveloper who "lives" in white offices and watching the whole day on screens. I did 3 x laser vitreolysis. It helps a lot but there are 25% remaining which is much by my intense Floaters. I follwed a trick TCM Method, which I use each day. (Austin Goh Floater). Thats helps a lot. But the gamechange is AUTOPHAGIE from FASTING. Floater are collagen, yes, but they get enrcihed by sugar-molecules. IN fasting you can get rid of Floater by 10 days fasting like a laser vitreolysis!

[@kwajy08]

I just started having floaters 3 weeks ago. I saw an Ophthalmologist and he sent me to a retina specialist. My retina was intact and I will see him in 2 weeks for a follow up. I am an unusual person. I enjoy my floaters. I can spend several minuets watching them movie around my eye. I think I might miss them when they are gone. There are not that many and not do not bother me at all. I am 77 yo and play pickle ball 5 or 6 days a week. I play as well with floaters as I did before I had them. I have excellent vision and eye hand coordination. Thank you for your video and will subscribe. Ben

[@mordissa]

You could also eat pineapple chunks. They help resolve floaters over time.

[@BarryBonson]

87% chance of cataract formation within two years of a vitrectomy I find completely ridiculously unacceptable

[@Amintor]

Pero las cataratas se puede quitar también en la operación

[@ShadowSingularity88]

@@Amintor Dónde está la biblioteca?

[@Amintor]

@@ShadowSingularity88 bajando a la esquina de tu calle.

[@denniswilliams2385]

Thank you for your professionalism and your honest opinions

[@stevenvandevort781]

Thank you for your honesty and thoroughness.

[@josephinewenceslao7147]

Dr. Michael chua is very good doctor and he’s very nice

[@stevel7505]

Thank you! Very informative. Actually more informative than my retina specialist.

[@simoncelliwilson]

Same here. The information I received from a specialist did not make it clear how relatively new these procedures are and how limited the follow up studies are.

[@Roshkin]

Hi Dr. Chua, in your first part about laser treatment, you stressed how important it is to look at complications after 6 mo 1 year, 3 years, yet when talking about the complication rate of vitrectomy you didn't mention how long it took for the complications to occur. Can you tell us how long they waited to see complications so we can get a better comparison?

[@noahtenshen]

I recently experienced something breaking free (initially like a lightning bolt when I moved my eye to one side) and becoming a floater--a large one--so I saw my eye doctor. That aside, what was found that was that the previous floaters that I had for years and basically ignored, were no longer visible to him. They were gone, not only from his view, but mine. I did nothing special, they just disappeared. He explained this recent floater, which I would fail to repeat here with my ignorance, and I am hopeful it will also, someday, just disappear. Annoyance beats blindness by a landslide.

[@effentjes]

I developed glaucoma from vitreolysis. I am pretty sure of this, this not being incidental. No dx of glaucoma before repeat vitreolysis. My right eye has now progressed to severe stage despite medications and pressure control. I still have floaters, initially due to two PVDs which all started it, bad enough in my right eye to obstruct my central vision while reading. This after 5 treatments with Yag laser three years ago. The vitreolysis on my left eye was more successful after 7 treatments, "only" resulting in mild/moderate glaucoma. I also got a CNV two years ago with one injection in my eye to stop it. I am highly myopic. I had 3 glaucoma surgeries, one cataract surgery, and now have a capsulotomy in a few weeks. If I had known what I know now, I would NEVER had gone back for more vitreolysis on my right eye.

[@JackitChan]

Is there anything at all anyone can do to fix this. Or is it literally impossible. Spent thousands and nothing has worked. Drs are absolutely useless.

[@tracyhughes5092]

Why do they try to discourage surgical treatment when people are suffering? It's obvious that he doesn't care about the well-being of his patients like many opthsmologist, they are dismissive. Every surgery has risk, and catarac surgery is equally risky. In fact, you get floaters within several years of getting catarac surgery too. I have a PVD. There is no chance of me getting more floaters and everyone eventually cataracs form cataracs. happens when the surgeon takes longer to complete the victrectomy. He isn't giving these details he's only sharing the negative statistics. There is a 1: 10000 chance of a retina tear with a victrectomy. He isn't giving us a solution he is discouraging and giving us no hope. Is he a retinal specialist or an opthamologist ? I am suffering depression because of these. He's making people like me more depressed.

[@jurierugaming8693]

I agree

[@Mayb2024]

Yes I agree Too much negativity Briefly what he was saying that we are stuck with floater for the rest of our life That means, you give up on searching for a solution and you admit the failure of the medical system and profession

[@LPS-mh8kx]

Interesting, I had cataract surgery 5 years ago in my right eye. Then my doctor performed a YAG laser on it because my vision was still cloudy which he told me happens to the retina sometimes. I was left with massive debilitating floaters after that. When trying to address this with him he said “have you seen the retina Dr?” and I said why would I do that? He then told me I had puckering in my retina (he’d said nothing about this before). So I went to the retina Dr, who gave me very little hope for fixing the floaters or the puckering. After monitoring it for a year or so I was told it wasn’t getting worse and I’ll just get “used to” the floaters. Ummm, not. That was a Friday and on Monday my left eye hemorrhaged. I still need cataract surgery in that eye and now no one will touch me. I’m frustrated beyond belief and don’t have any idea who to go to what to do.

[@naughtydog9843]

What happened in the end? How are you Sir?

[@sandrakaley9274]

So sorry for your eye trouble! For me...I always had 20/20 ...decided a year ago to do cataracts fixed because of night driving (I'm a senior) Well...not good outcome..then I had yag lazer to correct floaters/"oil slick" in eyes..developed after cataract surgery Not good either. Every time I go to an eye doctor..eyes get worse for me. I do better with just praying and keeping eye drops in often for dry eye. Warm compresse before bed. Hope me sharing this helps you

[@cjc201]

Pineapple eats your tongue 👅 that's all its good for. Great video, very helpful info

[@Butters833]

I feel alot better after watching this. I love you, michael

[@jrzzrj]

Believe it or not, the floaters in my one eye have seemed to dissolve and not be seen anymore. This has occurred over several months.

[@johnthree1611]

I wonder if it was something that you ate.

[@smoocher]

I came here expecting to leave a comment telling you to stop giving people false hope with ridiculous "fixes" for floaters since there are so many such videos on youtube, but this was very educational and well worth the time spent watching it. Thanks!

[@brianpite0893]

I heard someone say that using a very mild solution of Tropicmide just enough to dilate the pupil a little makes the floaters temporarily disappear. It probably baloney. Great video Doctor.

[@玉皇大帝习近平]

yes，its ture.but they just comeback next day.

[@biancatoscano2171]

I have the long strand cobweb ones they popped up out of nowhere this year. Been to 6 eye doctors, they don’t see anything

[@adamvz6078]

Same. Every time I look in another direction I see like black strings everywhere. Literally 3 months ago I never saw anything. I have complete vision but idk why I just randomly got floaters out of nowhere. Getting my eyes checked soon though.

[@anniedoll2769]

Very very helpful, thank you. I developed cloudy floaters a month after cataract surgery, and am So disappointed. 5 months in, and I am praying that this stuff disperses at the 1 yr mark, or I will have to get it taken care of. :(

[@Rita50]

I’m the same. I have in left eye and blurriness as well. 2 months after surgery. The right eye had a floater but it seemed to disappear after 2 months. Doctors still see it but it’s transparent now.

[@franny5295]

I'm scared to let anybody cut into my eyes. I was messing with some foam insulation boards outside today and they were white so they reflected the light into my eyes. When I went back inside I couldn't really see. I'm fine now but I definitely won't make a habit of working with them without eye protection. But I'm skittish. I need to be able to see. Edited to add: I lasted to 8:30. Dude I'm out...

[@dive2drive314]

Yup i too really enjoy my vision and try not to take it for granted.. ive been lucky as a middle aged man to have near perfect vision, minus some floaters that really doesn't bother me. I often take time to be thankful to have good hearing and eye sight. Imagine having neither... sometimes i do, and it makes me even more thankful. Lol

[@King_Flippy_Nips]

if you listened longer you would have heard him say he does not offer the treatment or recommend that anyone get it either.

[@helloscammer]

Vitrectomy for floaters (lots after vitreous hemorrhage) 4 months ago, and thus far results have been fantastic. Floaters and debris are all gone, no cataract yet.

[@joannwhite5341]

What was the worst part of your recovery? I'm scared to get it done.

[@helloscammer]

@@joannwhite5341 You wear an eye patch for 24 hours. A scratchy eye for a few days, which is not that bad. There were some visual artifacts like seeing light in your periphery (from lasering a tear), but those go away eventually. I was in and out of the surgical center within a couple hours. Overall a big improvement and tremendous success.

[@BrettMoore66]

the real obvious question here is this: Who would conduct a study that would NOT make anyone money ? Not drug companies, not surgeons etc ? Who would fund that study and research and further - what legitimate medical journal would even publish it even if it was double blind with controls and huge diverse populations ? That is the problem with profit motivated "health" care. Everyone wants to make a buck or go home. We need to ditch this model.. it is still the Rockefeller model with the same Bs as the AMA back in 1955. Some of us in your audience actually know what we are talking about and have health degrees too :-)

[@thomascharlton8545]

Thanks Dr. Chua. This discussion was relevant for me. My current eye care specialist are really good but you answered a lot of questions more clearly and in greater depth than they have time to do. I'm 80 yo and have had two successful cataract surgeries. Guess I'll live with the floaters for now.