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Supplements for Eye Floaters?

Question:
Do any supplements help prevent or reduce eye floaters?

Answer:
A variety of supplements have been promoted for preventing or reducing eye floaters including vitamin C and lutein, ginkgo, milk thistle, collagen and hyaluronic acid. Find out if any of these have been shown to be helpful in clinical trials. See the full answer >> 

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Mrs. B.17321   November 30, 2018
I have been using a product called Vitalzym by World Nutrition to assist with scar tissue problems. Since I've been on it, all floaters disappeared and have not returned. I am on a permanent routine of two soft gels a day.
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Diane17066   August 12, 2018
I have been getting a series of 3 MiBoFlo flow (heat) treatments for dry eye in the winter for the past 3 years and also use a Bruder mask (moist heat) over my eyes daily. I have had floaters for many years but they have gotten more persistent and bothersome over the past few months. I wonder whether these heat treatments applied over the eyes for dry eye could be contributing to worsened floaters. Is there any evidence of this and have others experienced this?
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Peggy17004   August 4, 2018
Two subjects do not a study make, but both myself and a neighbor have recently had cataract surgery and our floaters disappeared after that. Who knows why.
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ruth17003   August 4, 2018
Based on my personal experience, hydrolyzed collagen has eliminated my floaters and my dry eye problem.
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Gail17001   August 1, 2018
Curious if any supplements cause an increase in floaters??
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ConsumerLab.com   August 8, 2018
Hi Gail - We aren't aware of any studies or reports of supplements causing eye floaters.
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patrick16994   August 1, 2018
the procedure was pioneered by a Dr. at the eye institute in Birmingham Al., University of Alabama. The procedure was done in about 10-15 minutes using Versed - so not totally under - kind of dream like. No pain whatsoever. Patch off the next day and drops for a week I think. It's been about 12 years ago. I am still floater free. They were so bad I had lost ability to focus on reading...not good as I am investment advisor.

Hope that helps
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Richard16998   August 1, 2018
Patrick, is vitrectomy the surgery you are referring to?

In addition, there is a painless procedure using a specially-modified YAG laser to break up and in some cases completely vaporize floaters. A small number of ophthalmologists nationwide specialize in this quick, painless procedure, with the number growing somewhat lately. I had it done in 2001 to great success. Then again in 2016 by a different doctor, for a different floater. While the floater I wanted him to treat went away completely, more-bothersome new ones appeared, probably because he (indefensibly, in my mind) also lasered the safely-reachable partions of a large amorphous floater behind the lens that I wasn't even aware of (i.e., wasn't creating symptoms)! So now I am considering getting a floater-only vitrectomy in that eye.
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patrick16984   August 1, 2018
There is a simple surgical procedure that totally eliminates floaters. I have had it. 100% effective. Took about 10 min and one day with patch.
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ConsumerLab.com   August 1, 2018
Hi Patrick - Thank you for sharing your experience with the surgery. We've added some information about that to the Answer.
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DEANE16991   August 1, 2018
Please tell us a bit more about the procedure.....how long did it take and were you "put under"?
I've had floaters since I was a teenager and am now in my 70s and I'm sick of them!
Thanks.
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Carol16983   August 1, 2018
There are no studies, you say, to support this, but now that you mention it, I realize that floaters are no longer as bothersome as they once were before I regularly took collagen gelatin protein. I use both Bulletproof and Great Lakes (and have no financial interest in either. Wish I did!).
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Dianne16982   August 1, 2018
L-Carnosine has totally eliminated the floaters in my eyes. My granddaughter, who has a genetic anomaly called Lattice which creates floaters, takes L-carnosine and it has eliminated her floaters. Another friend who was scheduled for cataract surgery started taking L-carnosine and he was able to cancel his surgery. These are just a few people, but it is worth a try to take it. The eye has the highest amount of L-carnosine and it is an antioxidant. So it can help in many respects.
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ConsumerLab.com   August 1, 2018
Hi Dianne - Thank you for sharing this. There is some preliminary evidence that L-carnosine may help to protect proteins and cell membranes (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19441807) and eye drops containing a particular form of carnosine (N-acetylcarnosine) may help for cataracts (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19487926). However, there do not appear to be any clinical studies on the effects of taking oral L-carnosine supplements for eye floaters.

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Gregory 16990   August 1, 2018
I am encouraged to see these comments as I have experienced increased floaters over the last 90 days. The opthamolgist did not seem to have alternatives to resolving them after 2 visits. I will give this a try.
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Christine17041   August 6, 2018
Hi. I am not sure what your history/age is but just some “food for thought”: tickborne infections can affect the eyes causing floaters/intermittent blurred vision (especially Lyme or Bartonella-related infection) & it may affect 1 eye or both.
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ConsumerLab.com   August 7, 2018
Thank you for mentioning this Christine. We've added information about Lyme's disease and eye floaters in the answer above.
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DEANE16992   August 1, 2018
Hello, Please tell us what brand and what dosage of L-Carnosineshe used?
Thanks.
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