SEGMENT INFORMATION - Segment Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total assets	$ 45,761.2	$ 48,964.5
Operating Segment
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total assets	45,282.7	48,545.7
Corporate
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total assets	478.5	418.8
The Bausch Lomb / International segment | Operating Segment
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total assets	16,455.5	16,886.7
Branded Rx | Operating Segment
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total assets	22,524.6	24,900.5
The U.S. Diversified Products segment | Operating Segment
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total assets	$ 6,302.6	$ 6,758.5