Uncircumcised men--Do you ever retract your foreskin before exposing your penis to the doctor?

I am circumcised but I remember at high school sports physicals hearing uncut guys being told to pull their foreskin back.

As a child I was sometimes asked to retract my foreskin by the family doctor other times he retracted it. It was retracted so often in front of him to be honest I didn’t care.

Like standing or sitting I don’t know why the variance, the doctor was elderly that may have been a factor.

I used to suffer UTIs with visible redness at the tip. He would prescribe an antibiotic and “the yellow ointment” whatever that was and I would see him again to check it was cleared up a couple of weeks later.

As someone who’s been through a similar experience, I can understand why some uncircumcised men might feel self-conscious about having their foreskin retracted during an exam. It’s a personal and sensitive area, and the dynamic of the situation can sometimes amplify that feeling of vulnerability.

For me, I’ve never retracted my foreskin in advance of an exam. Part of that is because I feel the doctor should evaluate things as they are naturally. It also didn’t occur to me to do so—it feels like it might cross into assuming their job. That said, I don’t find it embarrassing when the doctor does it, as long as it’s handled professionally.

I never found it embarrassing to retract my foreskin in front of a doctor or to have him do it. It was however quite uncomfortable at times because as a child I used to have a quite tight phimosis in addition to adhesions of the foreskin to the glans. If I retract my foreskin now, it doesn't really stay retracted so I couldn't really do that anyway. I highly doubt a doctor would mistake a retracted foreskin for a circumcusion, though.