How do I manage symptoms of watery eyes?

Your eye doctor will tell you how to manage your epiphora symptoms. If they prescribe a medication, make sure to take it or use it as often as they say.

This is especially true if they give you antibiotics for an infection. You need to take antibiotics for as long as your provider prescribes, even if your symptoms improve. If you don’t take the full course of antibiotics, the infection might come back, get worse or spread to other parts of your body.

Don’t rub your eyes. Don’t touch your eyeball with anything like a tissue or towel if you’re using one to dry excess tears — you might damage your eye or aggravate the cause of your watery eyes.