Eye Floaters- Laser treatment in BKK

[myprivate]

Anybody know of an Eye Doctor who specializes in vaporizing floaters with a WAG laser (in BKK)?

Not many Docs do it, even in the West, here's one in USA https://www.thefloaterdoctor.com/, and there are others in the UK and Europe.

I've asked at a couple of hospitals here but no luck so far, they are suggesting a vitrectomy as this is the only option they offer (removal of the eye gel and replacement with saline) which is too extreme and risky for my level of floaters. They are annoying, and make it difficult to read, but not enough to risk a vitrectomy.

Before anybody says it is risky - it is very low risk when done by an experienced specialist (far lower risk than a vitrectomy).

[Sheryl]

Not that I know of.

 

And there are still risks in what you propose as opposed to the recommended alternative which is to do nothing. The brain adjusts to even fairly large floaters in time, you stop noticing them.

[MMan]

I don't know if they offer that particular type of laser treatment, but I highly recommend Rutnin Eye Hospital for eye-specific conditions.  I've had 2 cataract surgeries and 2 surgeries related to a detached retina there, and was highly impressed with the doctors, staff, facilities, etc.  Probably the #1 hospital for eye treatment in Thailand and they have state of the art equipment.  According to their website they have a full range of lasers in their laser suite.

I've always dealt with Dr. Roy (Roy Chumdermpadetsuk) who is half Thai / half American, was educated in the US (Philadelphia & New York), and who I believe he is actually on the Wisconsin State Board of Ophthalmology.  He is very popular though and can be difficult to get an appointment with, however I think all of their doctors are highly capable so I'd suggest asking to see any Ophthalmologist you can get an appointment with.

Some info on floaters from Rutnin's website:

https://www.rutnin.com/en/eye_knowledge/detail.24.1.html

[dddave]

I don't know if this would also relate to Lazer/floater treatment but a friend of mine who is a type-1 diabetic had lazer treatments over the years to stop bleeding in her eye.  Later, it was discovered she had significant residual scarring in the back of her eye resulting from the lazer treatment and had to have a whole series of eye surgeries to repair the damage.