(answer from John)

This is as much a mystery to us as it is to you. I personally can assure you that floaters are normal after lens transplants and gradually disappear but we have never heard of seeing numbers and letters.

I have had this operation after suffering three detached retinas, being short sighted followed by glaucoma and the onset of cataracts I had the transplants. My sight is near perfect now apart from medication for the glaucoma, no need to wear glasses and no discomfort, I just wish I had had the lens transplants many years ago.

I hope that this is only a temporary problem that will resolve itself naturally. The thought does occur that there may be identification and data on each lens that should have been removed before the insertion and so is causing this strange problem. Just a wild guess but I have little doubt that the surgeon will resolve the issue without any further expense.

One colleague had lens transplants some three years ago and only last week had to undergo laser treatment on one eye where the vision had got slightly cloudy.

Without being too technical, we understand that this may occur due to a problem in the posterior capsule behind the lens. He was told that he would likely suffer floaters for the next few weeks but it was nothing to worry about. Whether this has any bearing on your problem I do not know but it seems that floaters are not necessarily down to the retina.

In your case with floaters occurring in both eyes after botox treatment there does seem to be a correlation. Hopefully after a few months when the botox has worn off the floaters will disappear. In which case the connection seems highly likely. So no botox, no floaters!

Thank you for your interesting question.

Twice where it caused my eye lids to droop for about 3 weeks (temporary ptsosis).

All 3 times there was an increase in floaters in BOTH eyes.

I have had my retina checked several times in the past 2 years. My retina is fine. But I now have floaters that are webs and blobs in my whole field of vision.

My opthamologist said that Botox could not cause this. But what does he know about botox? Anyone hear of this?

I have been very depressed about these floaters. It effects driving and golfing.

Let us know how you are getting on please

I am sorry to hear of your distressing problem with eye floaters. I can sympathise as I suffered with floaters over three years during which I had two surgical operations and one laser treatment for detached retinas. These gradually disappeared over the course of time and were clearly not nearly as severe a condition as your own.

I have no knowledge of any case of floaters being surgically removed.

I have read that in severe conditions there is a surgical procedure that might be effective.The emphasis is on might be!

A hollow needle is introduced into the eyeball and all the vitreous fluid is withdrawn and replaced by a solution of salt water. Ideally all the floaters will be removed with the vitreous fluid but this cannot be guaranteed. There are also associated risk factors such as a higher risk of detached retinas and cataracts.

I have also heard that a high incidence of floaters can be a sign of eye cancer but I must stress that this is solely hearsay and should not cause you undue anxiety.

I suspect that you have already consulted an eye specialist, but I would advise you to seek a second opinion from a highly qualified eye surgeon, regardless of the expense, to fully understand the options open to you and to have any long term consequences of your condition explained.