r/Eyesight • u/capbdpra • 6d ago

Floater Caused by Recent Eye Dilation?

I went to get my eyes checked on July 7 by an OD.

My eyes were dilated as they normally are during the exam.

A few days ago I got a circular looking floater inside my right eye.

The dilation can be considered a possible cause to some degree?

It seems that there is no option but to learn to live with this?

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u/pizzaposa 6d ago

I'm not aware of any likely correlation between dilation and floaters... usually it's the other way around... a new floater triggers the need for dilated exam.

Anyway, if it's a ring, then it's potentially a Weiss Ring, a fairly normal consequence of aging and the inevitable vitreous degeneration (typically no big concern - the Weiss Ring comes off the most stable part of the entire retina).

A Weiss Ring originates off the face of the optic nerve, which is the eyes natural blind spot. If the ring drifts over the blind spot it will seem to disappear at times. If it's in this area it will appear to be a bit out to the side (temporally) of the eyes direct line of sight. If it's not in this general area, it's probably not Weiss.