What are the visual signs of someone with a detached retina?

See below: Floaters in your vision and/or flashing lights in your vision and/or part of the peripheral vision missing (like a curtain or veil). See an ophthalmologist, preferably a retina specialist, immediately.

Flashes and Floaters: The classic visual symptoms of retinal detachment are light flashes, floaters, and loss of vision. Someone who experiences these symptoms should see an ophthalmologist immediately for evalutation.

Veil: The classic symptom of a retinal detachment is a veil or black curtain over the vision. It does not come and go it stays or progresses affecting more vision and starts in the periphery it commonly is preceded by one or both flashes of light and/or floaters.