YAG Laser Eye Floater Treatment w/ Interview with Patient

I just went to see Dr Johnson last week and then 2 weeks previous. Had a total of seven treatments. Three in one eye and four in the other. I have to say that the treatment was very successful. My left eye is 90 to 95% better my right eye is 75% better and I will be returning at some future time to clean up those last few in my right eye. They're not all that bothersome so I'm not worried about it. My happiness level is the most important thing here. I am incredibly happy and very happy with results. I no longer see the constant web of garbage in my eyes. I highly recommend this procedure to those who are suffering as I was. Thank you Dr johnson!

Thanks for sharing this Dr.Johnson !! Your expertise are so appreciated!! Given lots of hope to lots of us with eyes floaters!!

Definitely would travel to be seen by this man

Thanks for doing this doc. I really enjoyed our Zoom chat from a few weeks ago. Hopefully the atropine helps me out once my family relative gives it to me from the states. Would still like to see you myself if I come back to the states. Just to be examined in person. 🙂

Thanks for this video. I am 58 and had a PVD mid October with a dense Weiss ring. I also felt I was patronized by my ophthalmologist assuring me that ‘you’ll get used to it’! Very frustrating. I am seeing another Ophthalmologist in February who does YAG vitreolysis. I am praying that I can have even a slight improvement. This interview gave me a lot of confidence. Thank you

I’m thinking about scheduling a appointment

Hope to see Dr Johnson as soon as my travel to Sunnyvale (my sis location) being scheduled, it's a dream for me to get rid of these ugly floaters also thinking of training course requisite for others in the world...so important issue of eye vision and such level of inconsideration by ophthalmologists needs promotional investments

I really urge you to interview this patient in a few months, even if over Zoom. The results could be enlightening. I had a quite possibly unnecessary cataract surgery on my non-dominant eye seven months ago, and the main change I've noticed is a fairly prominent Weiss ring that I didn't have before, or at least had never noticed. As with your patient, my brain has adapted somewhat to this, but it's still super annoying. I will most likely come for a consult this year. I live in Ecuador, but I have family in the DFW area of Texas, so I could reduce my cost by having someone to stay with on my visit. Keep up the good work, Dr. Johnson, and I look forward to more video interviews. They are very encouraging.

I am an optometrist in the UK. YAG laser vitreolysis isn't done very much at all here. The consultants just tell the patients they'll adapt. I have a patient who has very bad floaters in her only good eye (she is a high myope and lost her vision in one eye due to a retinal detachment). I emailed a local ophthalmologist about if he knows anyone who does YAG laser vitreolysis. He replied that he doesn't mind having a go. That hardly filled me with confidence!

Thanks for your content Doc. Can you do this procedure for those of us what have already had cataract surgery? Thank you

I'm a 61 yr old woman, one month ago I had quite a few more floaters and a dark coloured long one entering my right eye from the side my nose is on. I rushed in to get medical help and they discovered two holes in the retina of my right eye.. They were treated with the laser used on the retina for retinal holes. However I still have many floaters in the right eye. Would it still be possible to receive your laser treatment for my floaters? Even though I have experienced retinal.holes in the past?

BTW is 0.01% atropine the same anywhere you can get it? Just asking in case I'm able to get a prescription here where I live in Macao.

Hello I am 24 slight black floaters show up in my right eye , kinda annoying . As I now only now search for them . But I have a question. I am a very heavy cannabis user. Would that contribute to floaters? Been there for a while for after a lot of years of cannabis use . Uhm 3 days ago they are not kinda going away. Mainly show up in day time .

Please let us know about the articles the patient brought in and your assessment of them. I've been looking for a doctor who does this treatment in my area and there are none. I'm in Wisconsin. I have history of cataract surgery, large floaters especially the right eye, weak eye muscles and development of double vision at about age 60. I have prisms in my glasses. My last optometry appointment the Dr also suggested referral to eye surgeon to fix the eye muscles. I also see a retinal specialist who is monitoring the floaters and talking about vitectomy I'm 67, had cataract surgery at 64. I'm seriously thinking of having a consult with you.

Hello dr, I’m 25 years old and I got only one floater in my right eye. Any suggestions? God bless you. And it’s been on my eye for 6 months.

Hello, I had a flashers 'event' 3 years ago (retina was fine) that left me with big, fluffy gray floaters in both eyes. All docs said 'will go away, you are exaggerating how bad they are' etc. At same time as onset of floaters I had onset of eyes watering and burning (dry eye). All docs said both starting at same time was a coincidence. Apparently, my dry eye is the result of inflammation. I am 61 now. My questions are: Does inflammation cause floaters? Can the yag laser treatment be done on someone with dry eye / MGD? Will floaters return if inflammation remains? Thank you!

Dr Johnson, are you able to treat highly mobile floaters? I have a sizable floater in each eye but their position is not fixed. If I’m looking at the horizon, the floaters will float down into the bottom of my visual field.

Hello, I am 17 years old and I have a lot of floaters in my eyes, but I don't care because I only see them when I'm out of the house, but about 3 months ago, I was hit in the eye, which caused a new and very dark floater to appear in my left eye, and very It's annoying for me this floater is a black dot with a bunch of lines attached to it but the lines are almost invisible and I only see them when I'm out and I just wanted to know if I can get rid of the black dot or not, because I see this spot every minute, even when I look at black surfaces, even when I wear sunglasses

Hello doc johnson may I ask what am I seeing? It's like a water ripple just drifting through my vision or you could say it's a crumpled plastic that lopks transparent, it moves less faster than my normal floaters. I am worried sick because it might be my retina being wrinkled

Hi doctor, i just got floaters from one day to another. Got it checked out twice no tears or detachment. I have about 6 long ones in my right eye and 5 in my left. They drive me crazy, and make me get Anxiety. I cant keep this on, I have 20/20 and 37 and this sucks. They move every time i move my eyes, They look the worse under Floreset lights, like clear and shiny. What do i need to do to be helped by you. Is it garented to get Cataracts if i get this procedure done . Please help