Whether or not you can shower twenty days after a hysterectomy is determined by the type of surgery, the type of shower, and varies from person to person. Abdominal and laparoscopic hysterectomies require that you wait for the abdominal wound to heal completely before taking a shower, which is usually available about ten days after surgery. Showering can be done anytime after a vaginal hysterectomy when physical strength permits. After total hysterectomy, you need to avoid baths and vaginal douching for 2 months.
Abdominal and laparoscopic total hysterectomies are usually performed about 10 days after the operation, after the abdominal wounds have fully recovered, laparoscopic abdominal incisions are smaller and tend to heal more quickly, if a pelvic drain is placed after the operation then you need to wait for the incision drain to be removed and healed before you can take a shower.
The vaginal hysterectomy has no incision in the abdomen, so you can take a shower at any time. There is no wound in the abdomen, only the vaginal stump and it is not exposed on the surface, so you cannot douche the vagina but only the vulva when you take a shower.
Regardless of which of the above surgical methods, within two months after the operation, you must take a shower, and you can’t take a tub bath, which may lead to wound infection. Whether or not you can take a bath twenty days after hysterectomy depends on each person’s situation, and cannot be generalized, you can consult a professional physician.