Tears can be a common disease in the elderly, and there are often many elderly people who come to the eye clinic because of tearing symptoms. In addition to eye diseases that cause tears, we also found that many elderly people because of the incorrect method of wiping tears caused by tears. After the phenomenon of tears, many elderly people often used to wipe down, plus most of the elderly sensory nerve degeneration, the hands are heavy, often wipe tears when the strength is too large. I do not know, so wipe tears not only can not stop tears, but may lead to tears more and more wipe, this is because wipe tears improperly easy to aggravate the lower tear dots ectropion. Tear dots ectropion, inversion is one of the common causes of tears in the elderly, the tear dots deviated from the tear lake, can not be normal contact with the surface of the eye and can not drain the tears. The lower tear dots are most commonly ectropion, and the vicious cycle is often aggravated by the lower lid ectropion caused by improper tear wiping. Therefore, older adults should wipe their tears upward and to the side of the nose, preferably gently with a handkerchief or tissue. If the tear flow is caused by tear dots ectropion or inversion, surgical correction is required. It should be noted that there are more causes of tearing in the elderly, and if the cause of tearing is found, it can be cured soon, so treatment requires a visit to the ophthalmologist to clarify the cause and treat it for the cause.