Re: Floaters and gravity

On 24 feb, 21:25, "William Stacy, O.D." <wst...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
actually most visible floaters are a permanent part of the posterior
structure of the vitreous and are only affected by inertial motion of
the entire vitreous body on eye movement, and it has absolutely nothing
to do with gravity.

In one respect gravity does seem to play a role. After rapid eye
motions, the terminal motion of my floaters is downward (in the
direction of gravity, if the head is tilted). It looks like an elastic
distortion of the vitreous body due to gravity.


otoh temporary floaters, usually blood, can sink with gravity, and are
gradually absorbed.

w.stacy, o.d.

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