Ever get one of those wiggly, transparent lines in your eyes and wonder “what’s going on here?”
Well, I did the other day ― and I’m choosing to inflict the horror of what I learned on all of you, too.
According to the NHS, floaters are very common and are usually safe. They can take the form of small, dark dots, rings, cobweb-like structures, and squiggles.
But as for why they happen,the NHS site adds: “They’re usually caused by a harmless process called posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), where the gel inside your eyes changes.”
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