If you have a single small floater, you may have the sensation that a bug is flying in your face. These bits of cloudy debris float in the liquefied vitreous like snow in a snow globe. Floaters are exactly what they sound like – tiny bits of debris that appear when the vitreous gel separated from the back of the eye. One common symptom of a posterior vitreous detachment is the appearance of floaters. This sudden and often dramatic event – called a posterior vitreous detachment – often causes a number of symptoms that can be alarming. Once enough of the vitreous gel has dissolved – usually when we are in our late 50’s or early 60’s – the gel pulls free of its attachments to the back of the eye. As we age, the vitreous gel begins to dissolve into a more watery form. The vitreous gel inflates the back part of the eye in the way that water inflates a water balloon.
The eye is filled with a clear jelly called the vitreous gel.
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