Recent content by nlguillemot

Vitrectomy for floaters is usually covered by insurance so it might be more affordable than you think. The procedure itself was surprisingly pleasant. They hook you up to some good stuff for the anesthetic and they make an injection that totally numbs the eye, so it's totally painless except...

Thanks for sharing, these articles are very informative. I didn't realize just how poorly laser safety is managed in wide society.

I don't have a precise definition in mind. I generally mean lasers used for everyday purposes that are certified to be within some level of safety. Basically I don't expect the average laser to be able to blow up organic matter. If you do have such a laser then please be careful and get health...

Yeah I suppose this forum is not just for people with normal household lasers :P I think that avoiding damage to the retina or macula is the highest priority and the most likely thing to happen. This might be unlikely depending on the style of laser, but if you get hit with a laser in the eye...

No, it absolutely cannot. There were some studies that got published that said so, but it's a well-known fact in the eye floater community that these studies are completely fraudulent. For example, if you do a reverse Google image search on the figures in the papers, you'll see that the images...

Sorry for the thread necromancy but this thread appears in Google results and I thought adding information would be useful for people reading it in the future. Just want to add that this is talking about lasers so powerful that they blow up your retina and cause pieces of it to fly around your...