The Best Treatment for Floaters
Discussion about the various treatments for floaters
Retina and Vitreous
All topics related to the Retina and Vitreous
Basic Eye Anatomy
Times have changed. When I started my first practice in 1987, I quickly explained how the eye worked by using the analogy of a camera. The front surface of the lens acted the same as the cornea. The diaphragm functioned similarly to the iris and pupil. The retina acted like the camera’s film. …
Those Pesky Flashes and Floaters
You’re sitting there, minding your own business, when all of a sudden, a lightning flash appears out of the corner of your eye. Or maybe a bunch of gnats or spiderwebs appear in the periphery of your vision. You try to swat them away but nothing is there. You’ve most likely just had a posterior vitreous detachment.