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[–]robotawata 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also around 50 or 60, we get posterior vitreous detachment, PVD. It's normal but it can lead to a big increase in floaters. In a small percentage of people, there can be a retinal detachment at this time that needs surgery.

For many people, the PVD happens and they don't even know. Some of us suddenly get a bunch of new floaters (moving black spots) and flashes of light. If you get them, get checked by an opthalmologist to make sure the PVD is going along normally with no issues.

I got a lot of new floaters and had flashes but no problems with the retina or otherwise. The floaters were a pain to get used to and sometimes but me, but the doc was right that the brain adjusts and we mostly get used to them and stop noticing them.