Being Nude or Wearing Underwear During Exams

@spbb My new doctor affiliated with Brigham & Women’s here in Boston. Should I be expecting to be naked under a gown for him?

@gthumith Mine was Fenway Health which is known for their specialists in gay men's health issues.

I definitely prefer to keep my panties on as long as possible, but SOME docs want everything off except the gown.

I would prefer to be completely nude if wearing a gown for my exam, but if not gown I prefer to stay in my boxer briefs or white Calvin briefs.

I normally start out in my tighty whities to get my height and weight in the hallway once the doctor enters the room he removes my underwear... Leaving me nude the entirety of the exam.. my only complaint is that I get a little cold

If you mean spending the whole exam this way, I'd say wearing a gown. I don't think I'd be super comfortable naked the whole time but definitely wouldn't be against trying it. Underwear you still get that feeling of exposure but also i feel like after the genital exam just put your clothes back on. Unless it's the last exam, or you really insist on the doctor being thorough. I have never been completely nude for an exam and just recently tried a gown. Normally i'd just pull down my pants and or pull up my shirt, never completely removing anything, until the gown where I was naked under it.

So yeah TLDR, gown is the closest I've experienced to either of these, but would be more willing try going completely nude since I feel like the gown was more like that.

But if I want to add humiliation in the mix, I could wear some embarrasingly small tighty whities.

I can vaguely remember having to pull my trousers and pants down for the Doctor to examine my penis when I was like 10 or something. He pulled my foreskin back and examined me. I wish he’d of done more.

I've always thought of real exams being in underwear. My doctor lowers my underpants for the genital and rectal exams. It's hard for me to imagine doing the whole exam nude.

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At a real doctors office I prefer underwear on. In play exams I usually ask the play patient what he prefers. If I’m the play patient I prefer to leave underwear.

My last physical was done in the nude since my female physician also did a complete skin exam. It only made sence and I was totally comfortable With this.

Underpants usually here

I've only ever been down to my underwear in an exam when I was a kid at the pediatrician. But I would prefer to be nude for the exam.

Always underwear under a paper gown that opens in the front, everything else comes off.

It depends on the investigation. During a complete physical examination naked otherwise underwear

I've written about this elsewhere on Zity, but here's a summary:

Had a young male primary care doc years ago, nurse would have me get completely undressed and give me a sheet as a drape. 10 minutes or so into the 30 minute or so exam, the drape was removed and the remainder of the exam nude.

His replacement was another male doc, exam gowned and in underwear, drop underwear for genital exam and DRE

His replacement was a female doc, exam fully clothed, drop trousers for DRE - no genital exam.

Next was a nurse practitioner - underwear for the entire exam (no gown), lower them for genital exam & DRE.

That was all at the same practice, then I moved.

PCP was a young female PA - exam was fully clothed.

Changed practices, saw young female PA - exam fully clothed, at first exam drop trousers for hernia exam - fully clothed since.

Definitely preferred the first experience. Although I prefer a female PCP, the first exam listed was much more thorough and intimate. He never had a nurse present and the atmosphere was always very relaxed - and doing the majority of the exam (to include reflex checks, range of motion, & etc.) completely nude was very… I don't know… exciting? humiliating? liberating? satisfying?

Unfortunately, that has been the standard by which I've judged all other physicals, and I've been continually disappointed

Except for the dermatologist exam I am fully clothed - simply remove clothes or adjust clothing as necessary. For some imagery work, I've had to wear a gown or paper shorts.

... He never had a nurse present and the atmosphere was always very relaxed …

@FredD Did any of the providers you listed ever have a nurse/ chaperone during your exams?

I've always had my underware on and only removed them when asked to. I couldn't imagine being totally naked sitting there waiting for the doctoir to walk in.

My sub has ever had to disrobe for any of his PCP yearly exams. She checks his weight, BP, listen to his chest, check his ankles and lower legs for fluid, asks about any concerns he may have or noticed and goes over his recent blood work or take new ones to check the numbers.

@FredD Did any of the providers you listed ever have a nurse/ chaperone during your exams?

@BenDover - the female MD had a nurse present for the first couple of visits, the nurse notably kept her back turned focusing on her computer for most of the exam.

The NP who had me in my underwear offered to have chaperone come in “if it would make me feel more comfortable.” I declined as I thought it would be weird to say that I was not comfortable with her.

Only times I can think of in the civilian world where there were 2 healthcare folks in the room for a routine exam are once or twice with the urologist and all but once with the dermatologist (PA)

I’ve always tried to keep my underwear on for as long as I can, as the last little bit of modesty. Ultimately, though, I always end up naked by the end of the exam.

I prefer to be examined with my underwear on until it's time for the genital exam. When the time comes the doctor says "Go ahead and slip your underwear off" and I do as told. I reman nude for the rest of the exam sitting back up on the exam table while my doctor goes over my chart. My doctor then tells me I could get dressed and we shake hands before he leaves the room. I get dressed and leave the office.

If I had a complete physical examination, which I haven't had in a long time, I wouldn't mind being completely naked from the start.

I prefer to strip down to my underwear and sox when told to initially undress. then remove my underwear when asked, staying only in my sox.

My personal preference is to be nude for examinations, even if under a gown or drape. If I'm asked to lower my pants I'll just remove them completely. I've had several past exams where I've ended up nude, talked about follow up appointments and after care instructions while standing there nude. Many of these have been with female providers.

However, lately I almost never am asked to remove any clothes, for any reason. Many of my examinations end up feeling like a mental health check up more than anything else. Probably will only have 'email check ins' in the future. so sad

For the majority of my life, I was examined in underwear, no gown. In the Navy, sometimes I'd be totally nude. (Only women and inpatients regularly wore gowns then.) VA was mostly strip as you go. Now that I see an outside doctor, I'm usually in underwear and gown. Sometimes the gown will come off when we get to the abdomen, sometimes she just lowers it, and I take it off and drop my underwear for genital/rectal exam.

I am most comfortable with underwear with no gown, then drop them when the time comes.

In chest clinic as kid be striped off given gown so short sleeve bare bum if bent over then weighed temp take rectaly BP take then take for enema if doc wanted examine rectum early asthma meds given rectsly often caused irritation so get rectal exams every time

I'd prefer underwear personally if the setting is hyperrealistic. Scratch that... id probably prefer underwear all the time.

I listen completely to the doctor and his orders.

Sometimes I've had nipple pumps, while he busy with rectal exam, so yes, that means being completely naked too. I think it's better for control and bottom knows her place and goals.

My personal preference is to be nude for examinations, even if under a gown or drape. If I'm asked to lower my pants I'll just remove them completely. I've had several past exams where I've ended up nude, talked about follow up appointments and after care instructions while standing there nude. Many of these have been with female providers.

However, lately I almost never am asked to remove any clothes, for any reason. Many of my examinations end up feeling like a mental health check up more than anything else. Probably will only have 'email check ins' in the future. so sad

I know, right? Your experience as you outlined it in your first paragraph is every male medfetter's dream. Sadly, I totally missed the boat on that one all during my formative years. It only happened once in my early 20s. Never happened again.

With healthcare systems everywhere streamlining their procedures in the name of expediency and profit, undressing for, being on display to, and being intimately touched by a gentle and caring medical professional may soon be just one more curious relic from the "golden" past.