Dermatologist... Full body skin exam

The first time I had a full body skin check was during the college year I spent in Australia. It was by a male dermatologist, no nurse present. He had me strip naked and examined me under a magnifying glass from my scalp to the soles of my feet, even asking me to bend over and spread my butt cheeks -- very embarrassing!

But that was nothing compared to the genital exam -- on my back, holding my legs under the knees, high and far apart. He riffled my pubic hair and ran a gloved finger along and under the edges of my outer labia from the top of my slit down to my anus. Then without any warning he spread them really wide and studied my vulva under the glass. When he peeled back my clitoral hood it was hard not to squirm and I had trouble controlling my breathing -- this was a dream come true! I was very aroused which must have been obvious by the way my clit was twitching and my vagina contracting. He said melanomas can form even in places where there's no direct sunlight so it's important to be thorough. Then he gave my clit a little squeeze and told me everything looked good and I could get dressed.

I never had a dermatologist in the states do a genital exam. Is that a common practice in Australia?

I have heard this from quite a few different people who have been to a dermatologist for a skin cancer check. Every last little piece of skin gets checked. They all indicated that you do have to spread you butt cheeks and a thorough genital check is done for both men and women. Even if you are not a nudist who has had full sun exposure, skin cancer than occur at any location where there is skin. I need to have this done myself and will probably get it done sometime this year. Then I can tell you what my personal experience was.

I had a male dermatologist thoroughly examine my penis for melanoma. He had me lift up gown. It seemed kind of strange. I mean I am sure you can get melanoma on your penis, but it would seem to be very rare.

Since this forum is international in scope, it would be helpful to us newbies if the poster said where they were from so we can compare how medicine is practiced around the world. I had to go to a dermatologist about 10 years ago in upstate New York, USA for a skin growth and he did just a quick scan of my skin. I wonder if the gender of the patient influences the thoroughness of the exam?

I have had full body skin checks done in different places here in USA. The best was by a female physician assistant in an office in suburban Chicago area. I was nude under a drape & she checked me from head to toe. She had no chaperone while she did the exam & I don't recall whether I was offered one. We were both completely professional.

I have made several visits to a female dermatologist in the Pittsburgh area. In this office, the procedure is to undress to underwear & if I don't mention any "issues" in the area covered by my shorts, then she doesn't bother to check the area. I wore a brief thong on my last visit. She still didn't do the 'full skin exam I would prefer. This doc brings at least one assistant when she enters the exam room.

The other thing: every one of these exam rooms seems to be COLD regardless of the season of the year!

Walt

I am a heterosexual male and had the experience of a skin check by an obvious homosexual dermatologist physian's assistant. After the skin check which did not require the removal of underware, thankfully, the assistant had his "partner", the dermatologist, come in to consult. He also appeared to be homosexual. Now I know the feeling of being a "piece of meat" for someone's sexual stimulation.

Skin checks are always tbe most awkard examinations with all the bending and twisting and oulling of skin.

There may be variations in practice because skin cancer is more of a concern in some parts of the world. For example, Australians of Anglo background have the highest risk of skin cancer because their pigmentation is not adapted to the harsh sunlight of Australia:

http://www.abc.net.au/health/library/stories/2003/02/27/1831812.htm

Something similar may be true in Florida, Arizona, and other places where lots of white retirees live.

From personal experience, I can only report this. I was 16 or 17 and visiting a dermatologist in Alabama for my acne. To my shock, he wanted to do a full body exam. I protested, and fortunately my prudish mother backed me up, so I didn't have to do it.

At my first dermatologist exam a few months back, I was dreaming the night before that the female doctor would complete a full body exam. As I sat in the room waiting for the doctor, I was extremely apprehensive. I could imagine my embarrassment when she lifted my penis or spread my cheeks. It got me quite excited...

But she only looked at the mole on my back and then moved on...insurance I guess.

I have gone to two dermatologists for complete skin checks - one a male and the other a female. I was dissappointed with both of them. Each time they had me stripped to my underwear with a gown on. As they examined me they would continue to lower the gown until it was completely off. It was only after I insisted that they examine me completely that I took off my briefs. They both seemed uncomfortable with this and would not even have done it if I hadn't insisted. What's the problem with doctors these days? Are they afraid of the human body?

I've been having a skin exam once a year for the past 5+ years.

What I've found is that I pretty much have to let them know that I want a full body exam and that I'm comfortable with removing my boxers as well. In my experiences, if I don't do that they are on the side of my being modest.

So my first few were done with my underwear on, but for the last few I've been naked except for the silly paper gown. They usually check my head, arms, chest, back, etc. with me sitting on the table and just lower the gown to my waist if needed. After that then the briefly have me stand up without the gown and do a fairly quick check of both front and back and my legs. I've never had them spend a lot of time on my penis or make me spread my cheeks apart (though I'd love it if either happened). I couldn't tell you if they don't do that because I've never had any skin cancer or if its because they just don't want to.

One of the best parts of my exams though is that regardless of the sex of the doctor or patient, there's always a female nurse in there assisting/observing the exam. So since I always choose a female doctor, I the pleasure of being examined by 2 women basically.

To the creator of this topic, you definitely did not get your moneys worth. Cancer can develop anywhere, since I believe that some types of skin cancer are not necessarily caused by sun exposure. In addition, a dermatologist would likely be able to spot other abnormalities not related to your skin that a GP might miss at a yearly physical, especially since most today GPs hardly examine patients anywhere covered by clothing.

I can't tell what is real and what is not. I had a skin exam and was told to just take my shirt off when the dr. came in. She was kinda cute, so I would love to experience more, any ideas how to make them ask for more?

One of my most cherished medical moments occurred when I had skin tags on my scrotum and groin. All told about a dozen of them, of various sizes, on my groin and about twice as many again in my arm pits and on my back. My dermatologist then was a young, slim woman who was rather pretty and spoke very quietly. She examined me alone three times -- once before the procedures were done, when she did the procedures and after the procedures were completed, and I was completely naked each time. Since there were different size tags, some were frozen with nitrogen, some were taken off with a scalpel and no anesthesia and some with a scalpel and local anesthesia. The most memorable were the ones on my scrotum. She first moved my penis, then had me hold it, then asked me to instead stretch taut the scrotum skin, by which time I had a slight erection, which remained through the exam. When she was done she left the exam room and sent in her nurse, an older woman, to bandage me up. When she saw the bleeding around my genitals, plus the still half-hard penis, she did a double take, smiled, and then got to work bandaging me up. I got an erection again when I came in for the follow-up check, the third and final visit. I was nude at the time and at the end of it the doctor had me stand up in front of her, off the exam table, came in close to me and reached up to feel the glands in my throat. To this day I do not know why she wanted to check my glands, but her action made my erect penis stick into her stomach. She was wearing a wool flannel skirt, black, and I can still feel how it felt on my penis. She stayed there for about ten or fifteen seconds, and then moved away. The friction made my penis harder, understandably. That was the end of the exam. It really happened that way, and I cherish the memory but remain at sea about what her motivations were in having me stand like that as my erect penis poked her in the stomach. She certainly seemed quite professional about it, did not act directly suggestive at all, etc.

I asked my wife (who is NOT into med fetish) if she ever had a full body dermatological exam and she said that she did have a nearly full body exam which included her full body including her breasts (doctor did find a suspicious mole on her breast which was removed and biopsied - turned out being nothing...) but did not include her vagina or anus.

So she was basically standing there with her panties only.

Any other full exam stories (real stories) which DID include the vagina/anus? does the dermatologist spread the labia? the anus?

I agree. My dermatologist and urologist are both female. Both are much more thorough than the male doctors I had before.

I go for an annual complete skin check with my female dermatologist. The exam begins with me completely undressed and sitting on the exam table with just a paper drape across my lap. No underwear, no socks -- nothing at all.

She does the first part of the exam with me on the table, checking everything from the waist up. She then has my lay back on the table and checks my legs and feet. To do that, my knees are bent with my feet flat on the table. She then raises my legs one at a time to examine them. At that point the drape is moved to cover my genitals but it really doesn't do much good, since shes at my feet lifting my legs and is obviously able to see everything at that point.

She finishes the exam with me standing up in front of her and leaving the drape on the table. At that point I'm standing completely nude in front of her while she is sitting on a rolling stool and checking out my genitals. She lifts my penis and balls and has me spread my legs apart so she can examine all of the skin folds in that area. She also has me turn around and bend over while she checks out my backside.

She always has a female nurse there as a chaperone the entire time. The nurse doesn't stand there and stare at me, but she is obviously able to see everything that is going on.

I've had similar all over skin checkups too only without the gown, and that's nice! The female doctor I go to is very cute too and being totally naked in front of her is a real turn-on.

Any high school/college wrestlers or ex-wrestlers out there? (not the WWE stuff)

I wrestled in High school, and back then, the skin checks were done in the locker room, nude. I hear that nude skin checks are now a thing of the past, except division 1 college wrestling.

I have a female dermatologist and must go twice a year because of previous skin cancer. I get excited days before the exam. When I get to the office I sign in and wait for the nurse to call me back. When I hear my name I am taken back to an exam room and the nurse asks what I am there for, when i tell her I am there for a regular checkup she asks if the doctor checks just my back or all over, when I tell her all over she gives me a paper sheet,asks me to take everything off but my boxers and the doctor would be in in a few minutes. When the doctor comes in she begins by examining my scalp back and arms, she then has me stand up and examines my legs, from the back she pulls my boxers down to examine my buttocks then pulls them back up, next I lie on my back on the table while she examines my abdomen, then puts on a pair of gloves and pulls my boxers down to examine several moles in my pubic hair area, next she asks me to separate my knees and pull them up so she can examine several moles on my scrotum. It is such a thrill to have her touching my scotum, although always 100% professional, thats what makes it so thrilling. Once i had to have a mole on my scrotum removed, it hurt much after the numbing agent wore off, but it was worth the pain. She is very attractive and always very professional, but I think she knows how much I enjoy the exam

Well, I didn't wrestle in H.S. but my older brother did and I know that they were indeed done nude.

I did a quick search and it seems that the skin check and weigh-in (which are typically done at the same time) is done differently depending on where you are and what type of event.

I found a few like these that do talk about nude or undergarment weigh-ins:

http://www.aausports.org/sports/wrestling/filaRules.htm

http://www.nsaahome.org/textfile/wrest/assessorprotocol.pdf

http://www.jaguarwrestling.org/Handbook_files/FMHS_Wrestling_Handbook.pdf

This one is "underwear or an athletic supporter":

http://www.iesa.org/administration/handbook/IESA-ByLaws-Activity.pdf

This one is a little different -- it says:

"All contestants, including heavyweights, shall weigh in

wearing no more than an athletic supporter for males and

pants and bra for females."

http://www.wvssac.org/new_site/wvssac_website/html/Interscholastic/November%202006%20Webpage.pdf

I was a greco-roman and freestyle wrestler in Portugal in the 70's, skin exams were not performed here, well we get to the balance completely naked and the referees look at us, anyway I had some acne on my back and was never forbidden to do competition, good old wrestling days!

I was a high school wrestler about 10 years ago. Basically for meeting and tourneyments, we had group weighins where everyone had to strip to their underwear. After you were weighed they would then do the skin check. Usually, this was all they did, but if you were over weight, you usually had to get naked to try and make weight.

My dermatologist is an attractive woman about 40. Last year she diagnosed a basal cell on my nose so when I called for an appointment this year to be rechecked, the receptionist said that the doctor would want to do a full-body check, because of my history. The exam was done with me completely nude and she checked my penis and scrotum carefully before having me kneel on the table for an examination of my anus. I was very aroused, but did not get an erection, though I thought I was going to when she pulled my cheeks wide apart.

I've had two skin cancers removed (neck and forehead) so I go every six months. They have me see the Dr. one time, the nurse practioner the next so there's a different viewpoint each time. There is always a (female) nurse who takes me back to the exam room and asks if there are any areas I'm concerned about.

They have me undress to underwear and sit to wait. They sometimes offer a drape but it doesn't seem to make much sense. When the Dr. or NP comes in the 1st nurse returns and stays in the room. I've only had one nurse face my way during the exam. Usually they face away, toward the computer. I wonder if they're nervous or just working hard to give me privacy (which I don't need).

When the exam starts, they have me sitting down to check my face, scalp and neck. Then they have me stand up and I take off my boxers and socks (which I leave on because the room is so cold). They just look me up and down unless I have a concern (twice, I've been concerned about a mark in my genital area). They'll have me bend over or lay down as needed but they've never touched me anywear but my face.

I get the impression the amount of undressing is up to me and they'll look anywhere needed; but, they've never seemed very interested. I think they're just doing a quick scan for possible melanoma. It all goes very quick.

Hope that helps.

Hello.

I guess some of the most intimate exams I've had have been with derm doctors. I am pale/blonde and so have to get checked at least every year. I recently had one at a new somewhat random office. I was surprised at just how detailed and intense a fully body skin inspection was. I guess with it being a male dr I wondered if I would at least be covered somewhat but I can safely say that he seemed to not really be too bothered by my privacy or embarassment.

It was probably only about 5 mins into the exam that the gown was pretty much opened up and being moved around. I wasn't really expecting to have my intimate parts checked out as closely and with it being a new dr it was quite a shock. I know they have to do it but still its quite embarrassing. He even checked between my toes so I guess I shouldnt have been surprised he wanted to check everywhere else also.

R

As I am fair skinned have more than a few moles, and had more than my share of tanning beds and sun when I was a teen, I get annual check ups from a dermatologist and have for about 6-7 years.

My doctor is male and he examines me nude, while he is seated on a chair. Its really quite awesome for someone that has this erotic interest.

I am also pale and blonde, and having lived in the desert for a good portion of my life, had my share of sun. I get skin checks on a regular basis and yes it is a pretty intimate experience. I have been getting these for most of my 30s, and usually they are done in the nude, where you drop your gown or in one case i was given a a paper drape. It was awkward to hold though, so I asked if i just put it down.

Angielouwhos,

Can you please describe in detail the "intimate" part of the exam?

I've always been fascinated with this item but never had a real good description of what happens there...

Is the exam done while you are standing in from of the derm? do you lie on the table for the "intimate" part? stirups? does he use gloves ?etc...

I'll try sure... I think first of all its intimate because you are nude and not on the exam table, which is different. You are generally standing nude and the doctor is seated on his stool or sometimes standing.

He checks everywhere and i mean everywhere including under your arms, your feet, and between your legs. He has you bend at the waist so that you he can see within the crack of your buttocks as well.

Yes its hard to imagine anyone with any real concern about skin cancer not getting a very thorough exam. Because I am both fair, one or two relatives have had issues, and because as young and dumb teen I went to the tanning beds too often, I started the skin exams pretty early.

My doctor does a check of my genitals but just kind of has stand with my legs apart facing him. He asks something like... " Have you noticed any new spots or moles down there?". For checking the cleft of my buttocks he has me stand with back to him and bend forward, not all the way forward, as he just says " ok thats far enough"

If they see something that looks abnormal they may touch or mark it with a pen for further study or even biopsy.