Floaters in eyes?

I have several floaters in both eyes and I find them very annoying. Does anyone know if there is a procedure to get rid of them? Thanks

What you are experiencing is called myodesopsia. I have the exact same problem and have even gone to the optometrist about it. In the vast majority of cases, they are harmless and are only an annoyance.

However, sometimes these floaters are caused by a detached or torn retina which are very serious and require immediate medical attention. But usually, the vitreous humor (the gel like stuff in our eye) starts to peel off the inside of the wall and does not cause any problems, besides creating floaters. This is a normal symptom of aging, even if you are young.

As for removal, the only real treatment is a vitrectomy. This is where they remove all the gel from your eye and replace it with a saline solution. Unless the floaters are VERY severe, this should not be used, because the procedure can have many complications, blindness included.

There are some laser treatments that are said to break apart floaters, but only a hand full of professionals do this, and I really don't know much about this. (search "Yag laser floaters" in google and you'll find a bunch of info on it"

However, floaters are known to get better over time. A combination of you getting used to them, and them settling in your eye. When i first started to notice mine, they drove me crazy, that was like 3 months ago. Now I barely notice them.

Hope all this helps!

-Chris

go to the eye docter and they can tell you that you could get them removed cus al it is in things floating in your eye from when they were developed

Floaters in the eyes are pretty common and usually harmless, it is the vitreous humor of your eyeball. they should go away on their own. I would go to the eye doc to make sure that is indeed what it is.

Yes they are annoying.I haven't had floaters for a while actually but I tend to get them when I look at bright things like a light or the sun.You can go to an optometrist and get your eyes checked they may be able to help you but not much.Treatments you can get are Vitrectomy that is for severe cases usually cos if it is not severe it can result in blindness and another is laser vitreolysis
a YAG laser is focused on a floater and in a quick burst vaporises the structure into presumably a less dense and not as noticeable consistency.This procedure can be time consuming and they don't know how effective it is so those are your choices you can try and be blinded with the Vitrectomy or go with the laser vitreolysis or just put up with it because of course it is otherwise going to cost money.

I believe there is currently no cure for it