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Seeing flashes and floaters after scleral buckle

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I had scleral buckle and cyropexy last month..after 3 weeks I started noticing flashes in peripheral vision and also floaters.these flashes are every second in the day.since I wake up in morning and till I sleep in the night..these flashes are not bright(((little little bright..transparent,ceiling fan type,circulating type but stay at one point only..right eye near by my temple and nose side))) but less observed in artificial light( tube light) more in sunlight .and also can be observed in dark room when coming from bright room to dark room..it's like something little bright air moving in corner of eye..these are not much bright. I can see what objesct is there at the point of flashes through that flashes( because it's like air movement transparent flashes)..occasionally I see pink colour in peripheral vision for a few seconds..( 3-4 times a day)..I don't know why these are coming..doctor pushed my appointment after 2 months..
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177275 tn?1511755244
If you will use the search feature and archives you will find numerous others making the same observation after RD surgery with and without buckle and sometimes after just cryopexy or laser to  retina tear without a hole. There was a post just within the last day or two. You should report them to your surgeon. In most instances these light reflexes come from the retina scarring and forming adhesions from the laser or freezing treatment, or from traction and pressure on the retina from the buckle. They tend to get better over time but can last for many months. They are usually projected 180 degree away from where laser or freezing applied.
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