I have the exact same problem but it doesn't go away with blinking. It goes away when I open my eyes wide, which I made me think it's my eyelashes. But I have had the same amount of eyelashes and I didn't have these problems before
Any update on this ? I am too suffering from this light streaks , but once I open my eyes wide they're gone as if they have some sort of relation with eyelashes because I noticed while in front of my Pc , that I can clearly see through them which makes those line of lights coming from the source , but since I open my eyes wide the eyelashes are lifted up and I can see clear with no streaks !! already seen 3 doctors so far and not a single one seems to take me seriously , and I haven't done any surgery in my life .This phenomenon is really mysterious and I really hope someone can give us a lead to this matter .
That solution may work for you but it's not a good solution for most people. Pilocarpine, even dilute, increases the risk of retinal detachment and iritis. One reason why it is no longer used for the treatment of glaucoma, its original use. Also with long term pilo use the pupil gets stiff and will often not dilate fully.
Guys, after suffering from this same thing for 5 years I have got my answer and a working solution.
The cause of me seeing this is after lasik surgery, I was left with an extremely heavy glare due to my 7.5 mm pupil. I see glare in almost all condition night and day. From sunlight coming through curtains, office lightbulbs, streetlights everything has halos that spans at least 1/4 of my visual field. (Dr.G that does my scleral lens was taken aback by the amount of glare when he does his measuring.)This causes me to squint ALL THE TIME. And without knowing it myself it has become a habit. Squinting became my eyes normal position which I never realize for years.
That is what causes me to see these light lines. By squinting all the time my tears build up more and my eyes are always watery. The lines is actually seeable by everyone from my friends to family when they slowly squint and try to see it. My opto said it’s just normal light refracting from tear prism. However, when my eyes are watery the streaks are much more intense, and annoying to say the least.
So what help me. I was prescribed with diluted pilocarpine to help with glare issues for a long time ago but I didn’t use it often since it doesn’t help with the streaks. But I tried it again last week. This time what different is I try to catch myself when I squint and consciously try to open my eyes like I used to before the lasik and the glare took place. I do this for several days and now with pilocarpine I rarely squints anymore. My eyes are not watery all the time and I’m seeing the streaks/light beam/ray way less. Seriously it went from one of the most annoying thing in my damn life to virtually non-existence. And to think that for 5 years all I needed to do is to reopen my eyes and get rid of the squinting habit started by lasik glare is still crazy to me. I hope this is helpful to someone out there who shares the same suffering.
PS: I took a lot of eyes examination but none of the doctors mention my eyelids or ptosis which makes sense because during examination I am nervous and I don’t squint. I hardly squint when I am interacting with other people but always when I am alone. I took topography and everything else suggested they all say that my eyes are healthy minus the glare. I hope you all the best.
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I have the same issue. Could it be due to the light refraction off of tear prism? I had it immediately after femtolasik.
Both eyes, same ray, same intensity, Could it be that the flatter cornea has something to do with this. IE. changing the refracted angle
Anybody out there? Pls help.
Dr John Hagan. Already did topography, fluorescein angiography, the one you said years ago regarding vitreo macular traction makes sense. i am seeing light streaks/beams from light sources in front of me that is shining towards me. any other person here found a solution?
Dr John Hagan. Already did topography, fluorescein angiography, the one you said years ago regarding vitreo macular traction makes sense. i am seeing light streaks/beams from light sources in front of me that is shining towards me. any other person here found a solution?
Any update on this? I need some help. im 32 years old. im experiencing the exact same thing. tried dry eye treatment, rgp contact lens, pinhole contact lens, pilocarpine drops. The long streaks are still there. I am currently having a posterior vitreous detachment. Please message me anyone. Thank you so much
So many people are having this problem.....For everyone doctors are saying everything is fine,,,but there is no real progress in it...one person on this platform said he is suffering from these symptoms for 7years and no recovery.....I had also seen nearly seven doctors done dilated examinations but found normal.....in my case there vitreous liquidation that's it........I request all who having these sympy to share their experiences it might find some route
I had IntraLasik eye surgery 1 month ago and after 2-3 weeks I started to see very annoying light streaks from light sources when blinking. It is especially terrible when driving at night, but I also can see them for exaple from TV. The streaks disappear when I open my eyes, but every blink is terrible. Anyone found any solution? Do you guys still have this problem?
Im 17 im just started seeing this at night time i see a light beam from cars and lights and im not crying and it still do it for 3 days straight
i have also the same problm please suggest me something what to do
Has anyone found any help with this? I too have streaks of light and glare problems, but docs and corneal specialists can't see anything wrong.
Thx for this. Interesting theory about vitreous traction. I will tell about it my next doctor ( i dont have one doctor, becouse i am looking someone who knows something about complications after laser treatments and who will be able to help me, maybe one day i will find ;]). One Doctor mentioned something about eyelid position. She suggested me to try botox first, becouse botox can raise my eyelids and change something with eyelids muscle. Then if this will work, suggested operation on eyelids. I need to say, after that laser treatment on my holes my eyelids are... heavy ?? I dont know how to explain excatly this feeling. I got one more question. Other Doctor mentioned, that laser could damaged my lens, collagen fibers excatly and this damage will be not able to see, even in microscope. Is it possible, that is something wrong with my lenses ??? Maybe that is some bad interraction between lens and ciliary muscles? I am thinking about replace my natural lens. I have high myopia, but i am worry about future problems with accomodation, not sure about this surgery.
Look over the postings for the last week or so. There is one discussion thread that is almost a 1000 postings and it has to do with people that have hard retina surgery that see lights, rays, streaks, etc. So it is common. When you pull your eyelid away from the eye and its better or goes away there are two explanations. It is a cornea problem and that lifting the lid reduces corneal astigmatism (regular like glasses correct or irregular due to corneal disease) or that the problem is related to vitreous traction on the retina and once again lifting the eyelid relieves some stress on the retina-vitreous traction and causes the symptoms to go away. If glasses and contact lens did not help don't know how you can be treated. If its the retina again nothing can be done. If you had "ptosis" where that eyelid was hanging too low and it was across the pupil than doing ptosis surgery to elevate the lid might help but you and the eye MDs that hard examined you should easily be able to see a drooping upper lid.
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Hello, I am back and still dont have solution for this problem. Seems, contact lenses dont want help ;/. Feeling terrible with this issue. I forgot to tell, that all this vision problems started 2,3 months after laser treatment on my retina ( i had holes). I am searching for people with this problem in internet and mostly, they get this after Lasik or other laser treatment, but some people " just" get it. I noticed strange thing... i can see reflected light on my internal part of eyelid, when i am pulling away eyelid from cornea. This reflected light on my eyelid looks like streak, light curtain ( depends on what light i am looking) and it's moving when i move my eyelid. And when my eyelid touches cornea i see streaks, beams in down part of light source. Is it possible, that this relfected light on eyelids do this strange vision problems ??? Here is my email if someone have this too and want talk about this: ***@****
I have the exact same problem but it doesn't go away with blinking. It goes away when I open my eyes wide, which I made me think it's my eyelashes. But I have had the same amount of eyelashes and I didn't have these problems before
Happy to help. Happy Thanksgiving. JCH MD
I have been wondering why this happens to me for over a year now! Thank you, thank you for answering this question; I totally understand. You rock!
streaking like you draw is typical of cataract however it would not go away with blinking. Vitreous and macula would not go away with blinking. The two things that blinking does 1. wet the cornea so moderate or severe dry eyes might cause this but instilling artifical tears at night should elminiate. 2. blinking changes the shape of the cornea somewhat especially a forced blink. If you see it with your new best glasses on then the most likely cause would be some residual astigmatism or a small amount of irregular astigmatism. At night their is a myopic shift so that the glasses RX is somewhat different at night than during the day. Some of this is due to pupil size. If it is terribly disconcerting you might see if wearing contact lens eliminates it. It's not likely a serious problem given the work up you've had. JCH MD
i had topography. All was ok. I was examined by Pentacam machine.