Generally, you can touch water three days after the stitches are removed, but it depends on the healing of the wound, which is related to the patient’s physical condition and the way the surgical wound is stitched. As long as the incision is basically healed after the stitches are removed, you can touch water, but the healing time of the wound is related to the patient’s own condition, the nutritional status before and after the operation, whether the patient is taking chemotherapeutic drugs or immunosuppressant drugs, and whether there are diabetic and other diseases affecting the healing of the wound and other factors. In addition to this there are also differences in suture methods, for example, reduction suture requires two to three weeks to remove the stitches, and ordinary risk requires seven to nine days. After the stitches are removed, it is important to keep an eye on the tension in the wound, try not to do strenuous activities, and have your doctor make a judgment call before touching water. If you accidentally touch water in the early days after suture removal, you can promptly disinfect the wound with iodophor.