How long after parotid surgery can you go to work? Generally, this depends on the nature of the primary lesion of the parotid gland and the specific recovery of the patient after surgery. If the patient’s parotid gland is a benign lesion such as parotid tumor, after surgical excision, the patient’s recovery is faster, the incision heals well, and there are no complications related to incision infection. Patients can usually go to work normally two weeks after surgery. If patients undergo surgery for parotid malignant tumor, they often recover slowly after surgery, and if there is infection and fat liquefaction in the incision, they need a period of time for wound dressing change, and some patients even need local radiotherapy and chemotherapy to completely kill the tumor cells in the body. In this case, patients are usually able to go to work normally only three months after surgery.