Floaters” are bits of cellular debris in the vitreous humor, which is the gel-filled space in between the lens and the retina ...

Eye floaters are formed when some of the vitreous (the jelly inside of your eye) clumps together. What you're actually seeing is the shadow this makes on the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at ...

Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, said that some ophthalmologists downplay the effects of more serious floaters, which he called ...

Eye floaters are most common in older adults, and most people get them after the age of 50. This is because as you get older, your vitreous — which is the jelly-like substance that fills the ...