Welcome to Vitreous Floater Solutions. We know you are searching for information, answers, and hope for your bothersome eye floaters. VitreousFloaterSolutions.com is easily the most comprehensive educational resource on eye floaters. It is designed to be a progressive educational experience. Grab a cup of coffee, set aside some time, and get started.
EYE FLOATER TREATMENT:
Here is a large central dense floater. The two red bead beams are for focusing. This shows the floater being obliterated and vaporized with gas bubbles forming as the floater mass decreases. This floater required more than one treatment, but it sure beats living with it for the next 20-30 years! This patient will not have to suffer annoying floaters any longer. Amazing when you consider most eye doctors do not recognize this procedure even exists!
EYE FLOATERS DEFINED: "Vitreous Floater" is used to describe moving visual shadows of various shapes and densities. It is an entoptic phenomenon which means it originates from within the eye. The floaters we are concerned with are due to benign condensations of the normally clear vitreous humour, the gel that occupies the back part of the eye. Floaters are common, and can range from "none" or "barely perceptible" to functionally debilitating.
Like most people, you have probably been told that your vitreous floaters are nothing to worry about, and that they will go away or that your brain will get used to it. When were you told that? One month? One year? Several years ago? The reality is that there is no mechanism in the body to clear out floaters. Many people will suffer them indefinitely.
Dr. James H. Johnson is a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology (see certificate)and one of just a few doctors in the world with any significant experience treating eye floaters without the risks of invasive surgery. He has created a unique niche specialty medical practice that draws new patients nationally and internationally seeking his expertise and unique skill set.
Not everyone is a candidate for treatment and of course, there are some risks of treatment. Safety is always the first consideration and Dr. Johnson is very selective in choosing who he can treat. He will be glad to work with your local eye care professional to help determine your candidacy for this exciting treatment opportunity.
There is no good reason to suffer floaters for the next 20-40 years now that there is a low risk, office-based procedure to give you relief from these annoying and distracting lines, spots, and clouds in your vision. Call us at (949) 253-5770 and Dr. Johnson will begin the consultation by speaking to you personally about the possibility of providing this state of the art and innovative procedure for you.
This site is designed to begin with this page and advance sequentially in the order of the navigation buttons to the left. Our Floater Discussion Forum can be viewed at any time and features personal treatment experiences written by our patients and a Frequently Asked Questions section where Doctor Johnson will respond to your questions about the use of the YAG laser to treat vitreous floaters.
Next: We will offer some information on the optics of the eye