Most common in young people, this thin, dense floater can appear as multiple dots and/or string-like cobwebs and are a result of clumping of the collagen fibers of the vitreous. Depending on its size, and where it is located, it may be treatable.
This cloud-like floater is caused by the natural aging process.
A Weiss Ring floater is a large, ring-shaped floater that forms as a result of posterior vitreous detachment when the vitreous cortex pulls off the posterior wall, taking with it some of the fibrous vitreous cortex that surrounds the head of the optic nerve. This floater is usually located safely away from the crystalline lens and the retina and is fibrous. Because of this, it usually can be treated safely and effectively.
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