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I have permanent eye floaters, would love a cure or remedy to reduce them.
by kingkongjaffa 1y ago
I have permanent eye floaters, would love a cure or remedy to reduce them.
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoThere is a procedure. Basically they can suck the vitreous (the "fluid" in your eye) out and replace it with... saline, maybe? Since the floaters are in the vitreous, they get removed. But when I asked about getting this, the surgeon who would do the procedure basically asked, "Why would you want to do that?" He asked in a way that made it clear that he didn't think I should do it. He didn't exactly say, but either it was either too expensive to be worth it, or too risky to be worth it, or too little result to be worth it. Yeah, that's his opinion, but he's paid to have medical opinions, and is much more qualified to have them than I am. So: Yes, it can be done, but maybe you shouldn't (at least using that approach).
- thiago_fm 1y agoI also do have eye floaters, it's very annoying and I've looked into surgery, but have given up as there are risks. Some doctors would definitely push you to do surgery to make money, you should be glad this doctor didn't. Here where I live that surgery is almost free, but I've decided to not do it because it's a minor annoyance. Every surgery has risk during the recovery process, an infection can happen etc. Even though small, doctors can also make mistakes.
- switknee 1y agoDoesn't everyone have floaters? I thought some people just don't notice them, the brain filters it out as useless data. Learning how to ignore them is probably more valuable than the surgery.