Years ago, a young patient's mother told Emily McCourt, MD, that she hadn't used a prescribed ointment to treat her baby's chemical corneal burn but instead used her own breast milk. "I remember thinking, 'Well, that's interesting because this patient looks amazing," McCourt recalls. "Then, I thought about all my patients who said they've used breast milk in their baby's eyes for blocked tear ducts and rashes." A recent study found that human breast milk used on wounded corneas in animal models experienced increased re-epithelialization, a part of the wound healing process, compared to a saline solution and a prescription...