For real life exams do some doctors check a woman's pubic hair?

I was talking to one of my female friends about my gyno exam and she said to me tat last time she was examined the doctor checked through her pubic hair. I was surprised because this has never been done to me.

Yes, this is part of the exam although you might not realize it is being done.

If you have a neat patch or you are clean shaven then the doctor visually inspecting your mons and external labia etc is less noticeable then if he is having to part a dense bush perhaps.

Yeah my gynecologist has a look through my pubic hair, I expect him to do it. He is just checking that my skin looks ok all the way from my front to the back. I think it is just a normal thing for him to do really.

Yeah my gynecologist has a look through my pubic hair, I expect him to do it. He is just checking that my skin looks ok all the way from my front to the back. I think it is just a normal thing for him to do really.

How come you go to a gynecologist? In the UK most of us women are examined by a nurse.

How come you go to a gynecologist? In the UK most of us women are examined by a nurse.

I go private. I do not like the GP practice nurses very much.

I go private. I do not like the GP practice nurses very much.

How do you go private, and does it cost anything? And do you get a choice between male and female doctors?

Strawberrygirl in the UK there are also private healthcare that runs along the NHS, this includes BUPA and other private providers like those based on Harley street. The cost for well women exam varies from providers, but you will have to pay unlike the NHS.You can specify the sex of the doctor unlike the NHS ( for the most part ).

As to a doctor checking through pubic hair it should be standard practice with any vaginal exam for women with pubic hair, as you can have potentially fatal conditions like a melanoma hidden under the hair. The removal of pubic hair makes the labia minora (the 'flaps' of skin on either side of the vagina) that much more visible, and can make them appear more prominent and so makes it easier to visually examine , but it can still be examined just as thoroughly with women who have pubic hair .

How do you go private, and does it cost anything? And do you get a choice between male and female doctors?

My husband pays for me to go private. I see the same male gynecologist because that is what I wanted, I do not want to see different people. I do not use BUPA either, I do not think you can get the same doctor if you go to them and I do not think you can choose if the doctor is a man or a woman either. I would not really want to have to see a woman doctor, I have just not got on with them when I have seen GPs who were women if I have been to the doctors for other things.

Yes I've had gynecologists do this during my exams. Not every doctor I've seen has done it, but a few have.

I never really had doctors look inside my pants when I was younger (that I can remember really). The first time was when I was 14, but not really checking the hair growth.

I have had a couple of general checks by my doctor during my teen years which have involved him pulling my dress up, and pulling the front of my pants down open just to do a quick visual check. I do shave and wax, but I guess it's just to check for any peculiarities.

My gynaecologist has done a thorough check before which probably included observing hair growth.

I have never had a doctor do this.

I am sure they looked but didn't say anything.

They look for lice, nits. scabies and other creepy crawlers.

It was standard procedure but doctors didn't talk about it...

Last time I've heard talking between patient and gyno about irritatied skin after shaved