On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 13:41:00 -0700, lal_truckee
wrote:

Skip Freeman wrote, re floaters:
If they come back, can an eye doctor safely
remove them?

I have a bunch of permanent floaters from a tiny fall off a cliff awhile
back, while doing some wild abandon skiing.

When I asked, the eye doc told me: No, they can't be removed. I assume
he really meant: No, you can't afford whatever procedure is used to
remove them.
No, I think he meant they can't be removed. At least through surgery.
I suppose they could drain each eye, fliter them out and replace the
fluid. But this type of procedure has, to my knowledge, never been
attempted.