Dry macular degeneration is the more common. In the early days, changes in vision may be hard to notice. Over time, central vision slowly worsens. Colors may look dim. There is no way at present to restore vision lost from dry macular degeneration, but it must be monitored because it can turn into wet degeneration.
Wet degeneration is more serious but less common.
You may suddenly notice dark spots, blank spots, wavy lines and dim colors in the center of your vision. The very latest includes use of a tracer dye and use of a special laser which destroys only the abnormal blood vessels and leaves normal vessels and retinal tissue alone. The condition causing the macular problem is Choroidal neovascular membrane. The origin of the abnormal vessel is in the choroidal layer of the retina. A special dye, iodocyanine green is injected into a vein in an arm.