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Snowflake in Central Vision When Blinking

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danzamann
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It's been about 2 and a half weeks since I had cataract surgery to my left eye. All in all I'm pretty happy happy with it although I had some concerns that I wrote about in another post. I still have the edge glare but even that doesn't seem as bad as it was. However one thing I have noticed is that if I look at a bright light and blink, I see a symmetrical snowflake like geometry in my central vision. I do not see any lights when my eyes are closed so I do not think this is retina related. I've had enough retinal issues in my life to know what that looks like. Also the snowflake doesn't stay there but only appears for like a millisecond after a blink but it's harder to discern when not looking at a bright light or white background. Has anybody every seen this kind of thing after cataract surgery? Or have an idea of what it is?

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