It started about three years ago. I’d just turned 51 when my right eye became constantly weepy, scratchy and inflamed. I was forever dabbing at it, and my makeup would smudge and bleed from the moisture. At first, I blamed tiredness, but it just wouldn’t go away.
At my annual eye test, I mentioned it to the optician. ‘Your eyes are very dry,’ they said, ‘which is causing excess tear production.’ The solution? A thick eye ointment overnight, a 10-minute hot compress before bed, and drops twice a day for six weeks. Dutifully, I followed the plan, but nothing changed.
When I went back, desperate for help, I was told, ‘It’s just one of those things that happens as you get older.’ I couldn’t believe it. Dry eye is one…
