“Floaters” and flashes are a common sight for many people. Floater is a catchall term for the specks, threads, or cobweb-like images that occasionally drift across the line of vision.

Q. What exactly is a floater that you see in your eye? A. Floaters create images in your eye that look like specks, filaments, rings, dots, cobwebs or other shapes. Floaters are the most vivid when… ...

Q. I’m 55 years old, and I only need glasses for reading. Recently, though, I’ve seen tiny black specks that move around in random directions. My eyes are not red, watery, or painful, b… ...

Q. A few years ago I develop a floater in one of my eyes. It scared me, and I went to see an ophthalmologist right away. He said that I didn’t have a tear in my retina and that the floater may ...

An upgrade in YAG laser technology may be a breakthrough in the management of vitreous floaters, offering a safe, effective and minimally invasive alternative that lies between “learn to live ...

Floaters usually become more apparent when you're looking at a bright background such as the daytime sky. They even seem to dart about as they swish around in the partly liquefied vitreous gel.

A 32-year-old pregnant woman at 31 weeks’ gestational age was referred to the New England Eye Center for a 1-week history of floaters and decreased vision in the left eye. She complained of 1 ...

While anyone can get floaters —which can take the shape of spots, threads or clumps — if they become more frequent, then vision medical professionals strongly suggest you get them checked out ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a transparent floater in one eye that stays in the same general area. I went to an optometrist who dilated and took retinal photos of that eye, and they saw nothing. They ...