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52 years old, male. after 3 weeks of having a double surgery -catarats and detachment of retina- can i be exposed to sand, sun and be under sea water?
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Ask your surgeon: The answer is that it depends on how your individual surgery went and what it entailed. There are some patients on whom I do cataract surgery where I would be fine with swimming, but others not. Also, different surgeons have differing opinions about how long to wait. My experience is that time befor swimming is okay ranges from 2 weeks to 4 weeks depending on the surgeon.
Answered 2/23/2017
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