First gown?

When was the first time you were asked to change into a gown? And were you asked to keep your underwear on or take them off?

First time I was ever handed an exam gown was when I went in for a vasectomy. I was told to undress, including my underwear, and put the gown on. Never having worn one, I had the opening to the front when I climbed up on the table.

The doctor made a light-hearted comment about it being on backwards, but I can't remember exactly what he said.

Since then, I've worn many a gown, but always with my underwear on and always at the dermatologist. I've never been asked to wear one for a physical with a G.P.

Physical exam by a internal medicine doctor! After the fully clothed consultation, he instructed me to "remove all clothing, including upper and lower underwear, and place the opening of the gown in the back." He exited the exam room for about 4 minutes and returned to give me a very thorough exam ... one of my best physicals! I thought I was in love! 😉

I grew up in the 1970s and 80s, so gowns were rare for my physicals until I was an adult. However, when I was about 13 and my brothers were 11 and 16, my parents took us for a physical at a big clinic in a large hospital. We were all taken to give a urine sample and then to do hearing and vision tests, and then we were taken into a sort of exam suite that was two adjoining rooms and we were told to take off our clothes and put on gowns. We were specifically told to take off underpants, undershirts, and socks.

I was probably going into 5th or 6th grade. I remember the gown was cloth, not paper, and it had a "kids friendly design" on it; it did nothing to ease my anxiety. I was always allowed to leave on my underwear, but I hated how they always made me remove my socks! Another aside: I remember how the blinds of the window (on the second floor) were open, and the nurse closed them after I had changed. I was freaked, worried that the cars driving in the parking lot might see me.

I think the first time I was given a gown was when I had a colonoscopy a few years ago, but that is to be expected for that procedure. From that, I learned I had a few internal hemorrhoids so I went to specialist to get those treated. My first visit there they just asked me to undress from the waist down but the second time the nurse handed me a light blue gown and said to completely undress. My visits after that, though, were just lower garments only, so it's funny that one time it was different.

I went in for a quad bypass and that's the first time I remember wearing one. After getting wheeled in the OR, they came in and stuck a needle in my neck. I woke up with a different gown. Tubes in every orifice except my ass. They must have stripped me butt naked and cathed me as soon as I was out. Hope I never have that one again!

At 23, my first physical as an adult, the doc spent about 20 minutes chatting with me, then leaned over me, opened a drawer and pulled out a gown. He handed it to me and said “Let’s get your exam started. Everything off including your socks and underwear. Put this on with the opening in the back. I’ll be back in a minute.”

I've pretty much always worn a gown, as long as I can remember. Underwear on, at least to start.

The first time was probably when I had my tonsils out as a kid. I remember being in a gown in the hospital bed before the surgery but no memory of undressing and putting it on. I was around 7 or 8. I don't think that I was wearing underwear under it as I got a very painful shot in the side of my hip or thigh the morning of the surgery and woke up hours later with a rectal thermometer in my rear.

The first time that I was given a gown for an exam was in my 20s. Up to that time, I had always been undressed to my underpants but not this time. I was surprised when the doctor finished his questions and pulled out a gown from somewhere in the exam room and told me to undress completely, put the gown on with the opening in the back, and have a seat on the exam table. The doctor was very clear that I wasn't to be wearing anything under the gown as he said something like, "take everything off, including your socks, underpants, and any jewelry." I wasn't wearing any jewelry since I was just a 20 something college guy. He left the room and I hurriedly stripped down, tossed my clothes on a chair, and took a seat on the exam table. It is strange looking back that I was more embarrassed to be in a gown than just my briefs but my bare butt was sticking out the back of the gown and I wasn't use to being exposed that way at the doctor's office.

The only time I've ever been given a gown was when I was 16 or 17 and had to get a hip x-ray. I was allowed to keep my underwear on but they really didn't do much considering the x-ray technician (a young woman) could clearly see my penis on the x-ray.

When I was 17 years old for a physical exam with a general practitioner. I was told I could leave my underwear on and have the gown open to the back.

I was about 23 and having my first complete physical exam. I was told by the nurse to get completely undressed and to put the gown on. Back in those days (early 70's) they were still using cloth gowns.

I was 53 years old the first (and last) time, it was in the emergency room of a hospital. I had been told that I could keep my underwear. I have never had one at a doctor, it is not usual in Europe.

I was probably around 11 or 12 years old when the nurse told me to change into the gown. At first I got to keep my socks and underware on, but then I was told to take everything off and put the gown on.

Honestly, there was excitement/embarrassment with keeping my panties on or off.

I was six and was admitted to the hospital for an infection. The nurse took me to the kids ward and handed me a gown and told me to take off everything and put on the gown. Pretty scary for a little kid.

I wore a gown for the first time when i was 14 during a physical

My very first time was when I was 12 and had a minor foot surgery. I was naked under the gown.

The next time I was given a gown was when I was 20 and received a full body skin exam at work.

When I had an endoscopy when I was six. It was a cloth gown, a brand new one with a teddy bear print on it. I didn’t want to wear it but they made me do it anyway. I kept my underwear on underneath and my dad carried me to theatre because I didn’t want to lay on the bed.

The first time I was asked to change into a gown was about four years ago. I was at a new doctor and was told to strip to my underwear and put on the gown. I never saw that doctor again after that. My new doctor has me strip right down to my underwear, though the last time, I was given a gown so I stripped naked and put on the gown, with my bare butt exposed. That felt pretty good.

The first time I ever even saw a gown at the doctor's was when I was about 17. Our family doctor retired, and I'd never had a gown with him, I was always either in briefs or just naked.

Our new doctors were in a small practice with three or four physicians, and they used gowns, usually cloth. I think I mostly did have underwear on with the gown, although I stopped wearing underwear the summer before my sophomore year in college, I still would wear a pair to doctor's appointments.

1st time i wore a gown was went I spent a few days in the hospital for a kidney stone. I kept my briefs on. I was early 20's. The older man (over 60) sharing a room with me wore nothing under his, which I gathered from the opening in the back each time he got up to use the bathroom. (cloth)

1st time i was given a gown for a physical, I was around 30 in the mid 90's. Told to leave underwear on. Didn't wear the gown though. (paper)

1st time I wore a gown with no underwear underneath was for my 1st colonoscopy in my late 30's (cloth)

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Same as some other replies here, my physicals up until age 13 or 14 consisted of stripping to underwear only without a gown or sheet. Once I was about 15, I was given a paper sheet to cover with, but still not a full gown at my pediatrician. After I stopped going to the pediatrician, doctors since have provided gowns.

I've never been asked to change into a gown for a routine medical examination, just strip to underpants if necessary. The only time I've had a gown is during a procedure in a Hospital, when it has generally been naked underneath, just depending on what has to be done.

I don't understand why some doctors bother to have their nurses tell patients to keep their underpants on if they are given a gown for an exam. If the exam is comprehensive, the underpants are coming down or off eventually. I have been told to strip to my underpants and wear a gown for a physical very few times and never understood why the doctor bothered to specify that I should keep my underwear on if I'm getting a full physical.

I was only asked once, during a testicular ultrasounding, and I had to remove my underwear, though I kept my T-shirt and socks.

Honestly I don't know why I haven't refused that, since it was quite small and covered almost nothing.

The first time I was asked to change into a gown was at my first appointment with my current doctor. The nurse had already taken my weight, height and basic vitals. She then told me to go ahead and remove all of my clothing. She gave me a paper gown to wear. Even though I got a gown to cover up with I was still a little shocked at first that I had to take all of my clothes off

My first time given a gown was at a pre-employement exam with a female N.P., I was around 27 years old. I was told I could keep my underwear on, just pulled them down when it came time for the hernia exam. I remember being really thrown off by wearing a gown for a physical. It was a weird experience. The only other times I'm given a gown is at the dermatologist. I'm told to remove everything and put the gown on with the opening in the back.

First gown was for an MRI when I was a teenager - 15 or 16, I think. I could leave my underwear on, but had to take my bra off because it had an underwire.