Constantly checking for eye floaters? Here is what you can do about them.
Most people describe eye floaters as something they see. The people who actually have them will tell you it's also something they do: squinting at a white screen, flicking the eyes from side to side, chasing and checking for eye floaters, constantly, without meaning to. Here's why that happens, and what a daily routine can actually do about it.
Written by Lucy Williams
Contributing Writer
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If you have floaters, you already know the dots and threads themselves are only half of it. The other half is what happens after: the checking. The way your eyes go looking for them against a white wall, a laptop screen, a bright sky, almost without deciding to. Then the moment you notice it again, and the loop starts over.
That's not an overreaction. It's an extremely common experience that almost nobody talks about, because most floater content only ever addresses the dots themselves. This page exists to explain what eye floaters are, why you constantly check for them, and what you can actually do about eye floaters, starting today.
Many people with eye floaters have had the same conversation with an optician: the back of the eye is checked, nothing serious is found, and they're told it's a normal part of aging and there's nothing to be done.
Often, that reassurance is medically appropriate. But reassurance isn't the same thing as an answer. Being told that your floaters aren't dangerous doesn't make them any less distracting, and it doesn't explain why they happen, why you are constantly checking for them, or what options you have for managing them. Eye floaters deserve to be taken seriously as a daily experience, and you don't have to just live with being told to ignore them.
Floaters come from the vitreous, the clear gel that fills most of the eye. It's held in shape by a fine network of collagen. With age, that gel liquefies and the collagen fibres clump together; those clumps cast shadows on the retina, which is what you see as floaters.
Bright, even backgrounds, such as a white wall, a screen, or a clear sky, make those shadows easier to notice. They don't create new floaters, they just make the ones already there harder to miss.
Why does the collagen in the vitreous break down? Research suggests two biological processes, oxidative stress and glycation, are part of what damages that collagen over time. Oxidative stress is damage caused by free radicals; glycation happens when sugar binds to proteins and changes them.
While age-related collagen degeneration is the most common cause of eye floaters, some eye floaters are caused by serious conditions that require immediate medical attention. If you notice sudden new floaters, a rapid increase in floaters, flashes of light, a dark curtain or shadow across your vision, pain, or any loss of vision, seek urgent care from an eye doctor or emergency service right away.
Why Are You Constantly Checking for Them?
The biological processes explain why you see eye floaters. They don't explain the constant checking, the part that wears you down.
They move, for a start. A floater drifts on after your eye has stopped and slides away the moment you try to look straight at it. Your attention goes to movement automatically.
They also don't fade into the background. Your brain is good at tuning out things that stay the same. By contrast, floaters shift with every glance. The signal is inconsistent, so the brain keeps tracing it, checking each time whether that's the same one or a new one.
A question underneath the checking is 'Are there more eye floaters than there used to be?'.
That's a hard question to answer because the appearance of eye floaters varies constantly with the lighting and environment and you rarely see all of the eye floaters at the same time.
Meanwhile, it is an important question to be asking. The vitreous changes and degenerates gradually throughout life, and those changes become more pronounced with age. That is one reason floaters can increase in number or become more prominent over time rather than remaining exactly as they were when you first noticed them. Research suggests that vitreous degeneration accelerates after the age of 40, and every decade, your chances of getting more eye floaters increase.
What Can You Do About Eye Floaters?
For a long time, most people with eye floaters were simply told to live with them. The main treatment methods, vitrectomy and laser, are rarely recommended by specialists because of their potential risks.
However, new research suggests that between doing nothing and invasive operations, there may be important strategies for managing eye floaters and vitreous degeneration.
In 2021, a research paper published in Translational Vision Science & Technology shows that a nutritional formulation can help people with eye floaters.
At the Nutrition Research Centre Ireland, a team of scientists administered a supplement formulation with certain antioxidants and anti-glycation nutrients to a group of people with eye floaters. After six months, around 70% of the test subjects reported that their floater symptoms improved, and scans of their vitreous showed reductions in visual opacity areas caused by eye floaters. The researchers suggest that the formulation can improve floater symptoms for some people and also help to manage vitreous degeneration.
Commenting on the study, optometrist Dr Joseph Allen says, 'That right now is probably the only supplement on the market that has probably the best research behind it. It was a placebo-controlled trial.'
How Clearer® Builds on the Research and Supports People with Eye Floaters
Launched in 2023, Clearer® Eye Health Supplement contains the nutrients tested in the eye floater study in combination with lutein and zeaxanthin, providing all-round vision support for people with eye floaters.
Clearer® contains all the ingredients tested in the FLIES study at doubled dosages:
- 52.6mg of concentrated grape seed extracts: they contain powerful antioxidants called proanthocyanidins;
- 200mg of bitter orange powder: it contains hesperidin, which counteracts oxidative stress and glycation;
- 250mg of lysine: an essential amino acid that supports collagen health;
- 80mg of vitamin C: an essential antioxidant for healthy vision;
- 10mg of zinc from zinc citrate: another essential antioxidant for healthy vision.
The doubled dosages provide 100% of the Recommended Daily Intake amounts of vitamin C and zinc and align with clinical research on the individual botanical ingredients' health benefits. They enable Clearer® to provide enhanced antioxidant protection.
Clearer® also contains lutein and zeaxanthin from marigold flower. They are antioxidants that filter blue light and support macular health.
Clearer® also sets new standards for supplement quality:
- Clean: Clearer® contains no artificial fillers;
- Bioavailable: Clearer® uses the most absorbable nutrients and encloses them in slow-release capsules;
- Rigorously tested: Clearer® undergoes multiple rounds of advanced FTIR chemical testing to ensure consistency and purity.
Shona Wilkinson, a leading nutritionist in the UK, comments, 'This is an innovative supplement to address the growing concern of eye health. Of particular interest are the products' ingredients to help tackle eye floaters.'
Thanks to its innovation and quality, Clearer® has been featured in national and international media: The Mirror, The Daily Express, Woman's Weekly, Science Alert, Yahoo! News...
Since its launch in Jan 2023, Clearer® has been trusted by more than 10,000 people in the UK, the US, and 30+ other countries, who take Clearer® every day to manage eye floaters and protect and support their vision.
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Most people who take Clearer® aren't chasing a miracle. They're choosing to do something proactive to protect and support their vision. That's what the routine is built for.
While many of our customers notice improvements in their eye floaters, symptomatic relief varies from individual to individual. Nonetheless, the nutrients in Clearer® are important and beneficial for long-term vitreous health and eye health, for everyone.
If you experience eye floaters and would like a clean, research-backed, and rigorously tested supplement to support your precious vision, you can order Clearer® today to give your eyes the nutrients they need.
It is recommended to take Clearer® every day for at least 6 months, the duration of the original eye floater clinical study.
Research shows that Clearer®'s nutrients effect changes in the body over months. While some nutrients like vitamin C reach the eye within days, antioxidants such as grape seed extracts and bitter orange hesperidin take at least 8 weeks to improve systemic biomarkers. Lutein and zeaxanthin accumulate in the body with time and improve macular pigment optical density after 8-16 weeks of daily intake.
As the eye is prone to aging, it requires antioxidants every day to combat oxidative stress. The body's antioxidant capacity naturally declines with age, so it is more and more important to increase antioxidant intake as one ages to protect against cellular and protein damage.
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