You may notice eye floaters when you’re looking at a blank wall, surface, or sky. When you blink or move your eye to try and clear them away, the floaters move with your vision or appear to move away ...

Eye floaters can be a sign of retinal detachment, but there are many other causes. Some surgeries may help remove eye floaters that result from a detached retina. Eye floaters are when you see specks, ...

Eye floaters are a fact of life for millions of Americans, especially as they get older. But the dots, squiggly lines and tiny cobwebs floating across the field of vision can turn from minor annoyance ...

If you notice small specks drifting across your field of vision—known as eye floaters—you might be concerned. Most of the time, these tiny, shadowy dots and squiggly strands are harmless, but they can ...

If you ever notice pesky dark strands that may resemble anything from a simple speck to a cobweb drifting across your vision, what you're probably seeing is what's known as an eye floater. Eye ...

The lens is the part of your eye that focuses light, helping you to see clearly. Cataracts cause the lens of your eye to become cloudy, making it harder to see. Surgery can be used to remove cataracts ...

At times, tiny dark specks or thread-like shapes seem to drift across vision, especially when looking at a bright sky or a plain wall. They may vanish when the eyes try to focus on them, but quickly ...

They say the eyes are the window to the soul. If you're doing some soul-searching in the mirror—or just brushing your teeth—and notice tiny specs, you might be concerned. These dots may even look like ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve noticed several dark spots and cobweb-like strings in my vision. Is this something to be concerned about? ANSWER: Dark spots such as those you describe may be floaters. These ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...