Gowns: To tie or not to tie!

I'm curious to know how many people tie their gown when going for a physical exam? The first significant physical I had the examiner asked me to remove all my clothes, and put the gown on open at the back and not to tie it! As a result I have not tied my gown for subsequent physicals, and let's face it they don't stay on very well untied, so might as well be naked!

I tie the top (over the neck) strings before I put it on, then slip it over my head and put my arms thru the armholes. Haven’t had to wear a gown at the docs office, only for surgery or some procedure preps

I never bother to tie them. Even when they are tied they leave very little to the imagination and no doctor or nurse ever made an issue of it.

Once when I was a kid, I was along for my older brother's physical and toward the start of it, the nurse/PA took him out of the room for a while and when he came back, he was wearing a gown (I think I recall that he had to have an Xray before the doctor saw him). He kept fussing with it, making sure it was tied very tight. So, after some other things done by the nurse/PA, the doctor came in and the nurse/PA untied the back of the gown. My brother was made to do a few things, including getting weighed, and then when he was told to get back up on the table, he reached around and started to tie the gown up again and the doctor told him, "just leave it untied, Danny."

In the cases that I have worn them for exams or procedures I have never tied them either at the neck or lower.

Recent experience checking in for surgery

At our hospital the gowns wrap around. Big flap wraps around so right side goes over left and ties at the left hip. However there are snaps over the tops of the shoulder, down the short sleeve. Surgery in January I take off all my clothes, unfold and shake out the gown. Snaps on sleeves are not closed, do it appears not to have sleeves. I'm truly confused. I ask the aide about the absence of sleeves. She takes the gown and snaps the sleeves closed, taking about a minute. Meanwhile I'm naked. She puts on the gown, has me wrap the flap and she ties it up for me.

Next operation 6 weeks ago, aide has pre-tied the top 'so it's easy to put on.' sleeves are snapped on; easy to get on as above.

No never tie just seams to come loose anyway. Just let it all hang out I am shore it in nothing the people working there have not seen before.

I have tried but just give up. When I would get it tied it would seem I'd have them tied to the wrong place anyway, so more recently I've just given up and leave them as they are or just to the top one.

When I’m given a gown I don’t tie them.

An untied gown falling off the shoulders can add to the awkwardness.

I have learned a way to tie them so they don't come loose. Thanks to my sig. Other

Place the lower strings in front, and knot securely. Turn, raise front, putting arms through.

Just like putting on a bra!

Never tie my exam gown. Recently have paper gowns that don’t tie well anyways

A couple of recent experiences:

Went in for a recent surgery / biopsy that had me under general anesthesia. The OR prep nurse told me to get completely undressed, wipe down thoroughly with anti-bacterial wipes and put on the gown, which wrapped around and closed in the front. She specifically told me "do not tie the gown with a knot - a loose bow would do nicely." After she escorted me to the gurney in the pre-op area, she checked the bow where I had tied it and said "I'm just going to undo this" pulling the bow undone and then covering me with a blanket. She explained that it just made everything easier in the OR since the gown would be coming off.

A few months earlier, I had my first physical with a new primary care provider. After the nurse took my vitals, she pointed to the head of the exam table and told me to put the gown on, opening in the front, but please don't tie it.

We never tie ours. Why tie them? I mean after we are naked with the gown on and sitting on the table the doctor knocks and comes in. We have already had our vitals taken before getting naked. The doctor checks out ears, nose, and throat. Next, she tells us she is going to drop the top of our gown to examine our breast. I have had the ties get in a knot which delays things. That is why none of us tie the gown. After she checks our breasts she will have us lay on our back and check our breasts more. As we are going to our back she tugs the gown open to the sides and top. You are still not exposed until she takes the top down.

I usually only tie mine at the top, I dont bother with the lower tie, most of the time that gets undone anyway for the exam

I don't tie it. The last clinic I went to that had me strip and put on a gown had the exam table situated so the doctor could see the back of me when he walked in. I left the gown open in the back so he could see my butt crack when he walked in.

Unless directed otherwise, I do a simple bow tie on the ties that I can reach.

I had a job as a teen where we wore aprons so I am good at tying behind my back. I like to having them tied so the doctor/NP/PA has to untie them. It's kind of a turn on for me. It's like having someone undress me. I "reflect" about it later.