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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Secured Leverage Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Terms, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity investee's stock owned by parent company after stock transaction.

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FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Covenant Compliance (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Nov. 29, 2022	Jun. 01, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
Bausch + Lomb
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of shares held		89.00%
1261229 B.C. Ltd. \| Bausch + Lomb
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of shares held	89.00%
9.00% Intermediate Holdco Senior Notes Due January 2028 \| Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate			9.00%
Senior Secured Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount available for restricted payments			$ 9,600
Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed charge coverage ratio			2.00
Secured leverage ratio			4.00