Part of an ongoing video series. Dr. Johnson answers the important question: "Why aren't more doctors treating eye floaters? And just as important, "If this really worked, don't you think more doctors would be doing it? In this first installment, Dr. James H. Johnson, Medical Director of Vitreous Floater Solutions discusses the several reason that eye floaters just don't seem to register as important throughout the worldwide optometry and ophthalmology community. For one, vitreous eye floaters are usually considered benign and doctors are trained o look for pathology of the retina or other important structures. In addition, treatment is technically difficult, laborious, and challenging. Given the alternatives, it may be a low risk opportunity to eliminate or reduce the symptoms of distracting and annoying vitreous eye floaters.
