...and make it longer than that if you travel and intend to scuba dive. Remember, every 10 meters / 33 feet is one absolute atmosphere of pressure. My wife's eye surgeon told her there should be no probs with diving within a 10 days after surgery. As a Master Diver with > 50 years of experience, I didn't eel that was correct - checking with some diving docs (www.scubadoc.com, they will talk with specialists and get back to you) said NO WAY, try 90 days / 3 months. (My wife's nephew was OK with it, he flew from CT and dove Midway with me.)

For ophthalmic surgery and scuba diving, check this link.

(Yes, I know this is about flying, but now pools and hot tubs have come up, and some of us do fly to destinations where we dive, so just in case...)