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I have them. My ophthalmologist said they’re more common as you get older but mine are due to being very near sighted. I had cataract surgery last year. I’m 57. There are worse problems you could have with your eyes, OP. Blinking seems to make them go away at least temporarily.

OP, you don't just develop floaters in one day. They get progressively worse with age as more cells from the lining inside the eye detach and float around. If you suddenly have a lot of them or one is so large that you finally noticed it, you might want to see your eye doctor.

Can I have your stuff?

I’ve had them since I was a kid - they are on the very periphery of my field of vision and I only notice them if direct sunlight is hitting my face at a certain angle. They look like clear messy squiggles. I read that they are dried out fetal blood vessels in the vitreous humor that were part of the eye’s development.

Since they are fixed at the edge of my vision if I try and look right them they just slip down and away with the movement of my eye - which was a game I played with myself as a kid when I noticed then.

I have them now (I'm old and extremely nearsighted still). I realized I had them several years ago - up until then, I just thought I had a dirty car windshield (this is how they first manifested) and didn't think much of it, but eventually after reading my tablet in bed at night they became impossible to ignore (though I can ignore them now).

I mentioned it to my eye doctor and he couldn't find anything wrong and they haven't gotten any worse since then, they are just noticeable at certain times and don't impact me in any way. Occasionally I do get bigger one that usual but it is only temporary.

A question my eye doctor asked me. "Do you follow it, or does it follow you?"

I have one, and it comes and goes.

OP it is not a "perception"

r2, I developed them overnight and a host of horrors after 2.5 pills of Cipro.

There is a condition called posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) which can cause sudden floaters. Should see an ophthalmologist.

I moved to an apartment with a lot more bright light and noticed them for the first time last year. Like little particles when the light is bright. Went to the eye doctor and he said it’s very common and tested my eyes etc and said they were normal.

I’ve had floaties for as long as I can remember. I remember reading somewhere it’s more common for black people to have floaties/ glaucoma from an early age. Makes sense with the higher predisposition for kidney problems.

R3 Can he see his stuff?

I have a lot of them too, like cobwebs in your sight. An eye doctor once told me a starchy, carb diet may cause their increase, but I don't know. I am very near sighted.

I have two. They’re fucking annoying but you adapt. Worst when you’re looking at white surfaces and in bright conditions.

I have astigmatism myopia like heck and started wearing glasses at the age of six and am now 48 years old and have had floaters for years. They're my friends at this point and one day I shall name them all.

I've never heard of floaters popping up all of a sudden like and am basically an unlicensed optometrist at this point. Go to your doctor, OP.

I have them, developed them when I had a retinal detachment.

OP, echoing everyone else telling you to get that checked out.

Get checked for ocular melanoma.

It can spread to your liver and kill you.

I have them and the worst thing for me is to stare at a white ceiling or be in a room (like a contemporary art museum) with all white expanses.

They are part of life being an Elder, sadly.

R1 speaks the truth; I am in the same place…you learn to live with them. Unless something else comes up during your regular eye exam, just put them out of your mind.

I had cataracts removed from both eyes in May (separate operations). I didn't have a problem with my left eye but was almost blind after I removed the cover due to a large floater but it has gone down to small pieces. The doc said it could take a year of more for them to be consumed by the eye or they won't be. I am 68.

Thanks all, yes this very suddenly developed so I’ll need to get to an ophthalmologist pronto.