The BEST EYE DROP TREATMENT FOR SEVERE DRY EYES - Serum Tears. Shannon Wong, MD

As we age, we make less tears. By age 50, most people have mild dry eyes. By age 70, we all have dry eyes. The most common treatment for dry eye is using artificial tears, gels or ointments which can be purchased over-the-counter.

Some patients experience improvement with artificial tears and/or prescription dry eye treatments such as restasis (cyclosporine) or Xiidra drops.

However, we commonly see patients with severe dry eyes that are not improved with these treatments.

The single most effective and best treatment for dry eye that we have worked with and received glowing feedback from our patients is Autologous serum tears.

This video shows you how serum tears are ordered, made and used to treat severe dry eye. We use a local compounding pharmacy - Nucara compounding pharmacy - here in Austin to help our patients make and purchase serum tears to treat their dry eyes.

The pharmacist in charge - David Faulkner, Pharm.D - shows and explains the process for making serum tears at Nucara pharmacy in Austin, TX.

This is not a paid sponsorship and I have no financial interests in the products or companies discussed in the video other than our own private ophthalmology practice - Austin Eye.