Why, as you get older, do your eyes water in chilly weather and wind. I have just walked home from work and now look like a panda because my eyeshave watered so much and my mascara has run. I know that waterproof mascara, or no mascara at all, will work but why does this happen?
My eyes run so much that the top of my cheeks become sore. Is there anything I can do to protect my eyes a bit??
Tilly you are suffering from 'dry eyes' syndrome..silly as it sounds your eyes will water profusely when outside - but only my right eye does weirdly enough, I sympathize with you as Ive suffered for the last year now, it came on suddenly..I use eye drops with Hypromellose in them and they really help.
No your eyes dont feel dry as such, perhaps slightly sore or irritated like you sometimes have something in them, also there may be a mild burning sensation...and the eyes over compensate for this by over watering.
I know what you mean Eve, i find it embarrassing as I love walking and I walk a lot to keep fit whenever I can but my face looks a mess through constant streaming tears, looks like I've been bawling my head off ! :(
I have the same problem, and it gets pretty cold over here. I wear a scarf, and wrap one end of it loosely around the lower half of my face. The warm air from my mouth is deflected up towards my eyes and really cuts down on the watering.
I should mention that one drawback is that if you wear glasses, the air from your mouth condenses on the inside of them. In fact, on really COLD days, it freezes!
Always carry a hankie with you to wipe them before they freeze:) Anyway, that sort of proves that the warm air from you mouth and nose is actually rising because of the scarf: try it, Tilly.