Goal/frill

My goal for this blog is not to convince anyone to have an FOV (floater only vitrectomy). I believe it's a personal decision that needs to be taken very seriously and only if the benefits outweigh the risks. Ask yourself, can you live with the floaters? Am I on the verge of suicide? Are they a minor annoyance? How often do I see them? How big are they? Do they consume me? What if something goes wrong during surgery? How happy will I be after surgery if it's a success?  Am I willing to trade floaters for potential frill?

My goal is to support and educate sufferers. I've been down this road and have a lot of knowledge about the subject. One main question I'm asked almost daily is what is frill? What does it look like?

Frill is very hard to describe and can be different for everyone. Sometimes it's like a lightening strike in my very periphery. Other times it's like black hair in my periphery. To me it's less annoying than floaters. It depends on what kind of light situations I'm in. Frill is the remaining vitreous left In your periphery  to protect the lense from cataract. Many people think the vitreous is useless. This is false as it serves as a protection mechanism for the lense.  If too much is left you will get frill. If too much is taken you most likely will get a cataract. It's true that the FOV rarely goes perfect but often times there is improvement.