Written by someone who sees them too
Eye floaters —
understood, not dismissed
Specks, threads, or cobwebs drifting across your vision? You're not imagining it, and you're not alone. I live with floaters and built FloaterGuide because the honest, independent answers I needed weren't anywhere to be found.
What patients live through
“In the beginning, the anxiety was worse than the floaters themselves. It got easier once I understood what was actually happening.”
Floaters and mental health — anxiety, daily life, coping
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What the research shows
Roughly one in three adults notice floaters — and that's the conservative clinical baseline.*
The state of research and emerging therapies
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What you can do
How much do your floaters actually weigh on your daily life? The self-assessment gives you an honest reference point — in about three minutes.
10 questions · no sign-up · privacy-friendly
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* Clinical studies find floater perception in about one third of adults; questionnaire-based surveys report up to 76 %. A utility-value analysis found patients rated their quality-of-life impact similar to advanced age-related macular degeneration. Sources: Milston, Madigan & Sebag, Surv Ophthalmol 2016 · Wagle et al., Am J Ophthalmol 2011.
What you'll find here
Self-assessment
How much are your floaters actually affecting you? Find out in three minutes.
Treatment options
YAG vitreolysis, vitrectomy, or watchful waiting — neutral, honest, weighed.
Living with floaters
Practical strategies for screens, lighting, and mental wellbeing.
Research & emerging therapies
What's next? Femtosecond lasers, enzymatic approaches, and current trials.
Latest articles
All articles →I'm Simon — and I've been seeing floaters since my early thirties. I know how unsettling it can be, especially at first. FloaterGuide exists because, when I started looking for honest, independent information, there wasn't much to find.
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