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  1. Floaters - National Eye Institute

    Dec 4, 2024 · Floaters are small dark shapes that float across your vision. They can look like spots, threads, squiggly lines, or even little cobwebs. Most people have floaters that come and go, and they …

  2. Eye floaters - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Jul 2, 2024 · Most eye floaters are caused by age-related changes that occur as the jelly-like substance (vitreous) inside your eyes liquifies and contracts. Scattered clumps of collagen fibers form within the …

  3. Floater - Wikipedia

    Floaters are able to catch and refract light in ways that somewhat blur vision temporarily until the floater moves to a different area. Often they trick persons who are troubled by floaters into thinking they see …

  4. Eye Floaters: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment - WebMD

    May 9, 2024 · Most floaters are tiny flecks of a protein called collagen. They’re part of a gel-like substance in the back of your eye called the vitreous. As you age, the protein fibers that make up the...

  5. Eye Floaters: What They Are, Causes & Treatment

    Eye floaters happen when your vitreous humor (fluid) changes its thickness. This causes you to see squiggly lines or threads. Floaters usually happen as we get older and may not need treatment. If …

  6. What Are Floaters and Flashes? - American Academy of ...

    Dec 10, 2025 · Floaters look like small specks, dots, circles, lines or cobwebs in your field of vision. While they seem to be in front of your eye, they are floating inside.

  7. Eye Floaters - Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Eye floaters generally look like moving spots that can take many shapes (some people describe them as looking like bugs or jellyfish or cobwebs) and disrupt your field of vision. They are most commonly a …