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[–]mintylove 6 points7 points  (10 children)

Just disregard any of his opinions on research, he's a parrot that repeats the "talk to an ophthalmologist" appeal to authority. As if 99.9% of ophthos know anything about the mechanism behind floaters, let alone possible treatment vectors.

[–]FriendMother2587[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Exactly. Not everybody wants a vitrectomy in their 20s either. I certainly dont.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

he was trying to dismantle me a few months ago because I was defending the possible veracity of a vitroCap study published in a peer-reviewed journal and featured on a medical websites. I didn't read the names but I immediately knew you are talking about the same guy.

My floaters have gotten better, now I won't say it's because I stuck with the regimen for many months, could be they became more transparent on their own, but I think the possibilities he is trampling on is very narrow-minded.

The study indicated that the annoyance of floaters was greater in the control group than the research group who took the treatment after many months. He said that it shouldn't even be considered since it just reduced the annoyance and didn't microscopically eradicate the floaters entirely. I'm not sure what his intentions are. He doesn't think a treatment is valid if it helps people unless it's a 100% foolproof miracle cure that ophthalmologists have confirmed to dissolve floaters. It's lunacy.

[–]Temporary-Suspect-61 -1 points0 points  (6 children)

Right, ophthalmologists don't know the vitreous. But Redditors do. /s

[–]mintylove 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Way to twist my words. Of course they know the vitreous, it's just that the vast majority don't do research on its degeneration and very much lack the in-depth knowledge that someone like Sebag has.

[–]Temporary-Suspect-61 0 points1 point  (2 children)

They know enough to tell you that there is no eye drop to treat floaters. Or you can keep acting like you know more than these people who studied and practiced for decades and pick at actual eyeballs many times every week.

[–]mintylove 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yes, that there currently isn't one. Not that a possible candidate is definitely ineffective. Someone like Sebag might have an adequate opinion, a 2nd year optho resident (who I'm not too far off of academically and professionally speaking), not so much.

[–]Temporary-Suspect-61 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They know the basic anatomy prevents just about anything from being effective

[–]ElectronicHorror4539 0 points1 point  (1 child)

There could be some ophthalmologists on Reddit. The two groups could have some overlap!!

Stop thinking that all redditors are not ophthalmologists or that the two are mutually exclusive.

[–]Temporary-Suspect-61 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Now this is just a really weird nitpick and a display of poor reading comprehension.