Tighty whities for a physical

I usually buy a new pair of white Fruit of the Looms or Hanes for my office visits. Reminds me of when I was younger.

I will wear something a little more conservative with colours, usually dark ones. Briefs, not underwear though.

Always wear briefs. I like the exposure and the way the gown drapes over my groin when I lay down.

Always wear briefs. I like the exposure and the way the gown drapes over my groin when I lay down.

Would some like these be better for you? https://www.amazon.com/EUROUS-Breathable-Cotton-Whities-Underwear/dp/B01EEZG2XU?th=1

I am thinking about the idea of wearing something like this my next exam where I have to undress where I would usually wear boxers. They're tighter and smaller than what I usually wear and they're even see through in the back! Gives just a little bit more exposure and if the doctor wants me in briefs the whole exam vs. just undressing when needed or a gown it would be the best thing below just getting completely naked for the exam the whole time.

Tighty whities or jockstrap

There's nothing like them physical for the army at the meps station. we did all kinds of stuff in our underwear probably 200 in line. and you go to the next station in the doctors look at you and you go to the next station and the doctors look at you. Spent more than half the day doing that

I did when I was a kid to the doctor for my check up.

I don't ever remember the word briefs being used, but I can clearly remember, age 11, the nurse instructing me to undress "to your underpants and vest".

I had never experienced this before, and I was mortified.

If you weren't used to it can understand you being embarrassed! As a kid from the age of five they would often say to my parents "can you strip him down to his underpants for me please?", they never used the word briefs either.

I've always worn white cotton briefs or tighty-whities as some call them. They were the kind of underwear my mother bought for me as a little boy and I've worn them ever since then, even to my physical exams now. I did try boxers once as an older adult, but hated them since they were not at all comfortable to me. I never caught any teasing at school in the locker room because other boys wore them as well. When I was a kid, you got taken to the doctor if your were injured or really sick, not for any routine checkups or childhood diseases like measles, chicken pox of whooping cough, all of which I had as a child and never saw a doctor for.

If you weren't used to it can understand you being embarrassed! As a kid from the age of five they would often say to my parents "can you strip him down to his underpants for me please?", they never used the word briefs either.

Same here. At school also the instruction was to strip down to underpants. Briefs wasn’t a term used at the time. I wasn’t aware of the existence of boxer shorts. We wore white cotton underpants for school. This was in the 1970s and 80s.

There's nothing like them physical for the army at the meps station. we did all kinds of stuff in our underwear probably 200 in line. and you go to the next station in the doctors look at you and you go to the next station and the doctors look at you. Spent more than half the day doing that

I did not think MEPS was done in large groups any longer. I thought it was a one-on-one exam. Please tell us more specifics about your experience. I posted the military physical exam experience of a friend of mine from the 1970s in my blog pages.

I had to wear them growing up because that is what my mother had me wear. But when I became an adult I had boxers most of the time

Had a tighty whity exam experience yesterday, had to see a knee doctor and of course take off my pants, the nurse gave me a drape and seriously barely a minute goes by and the doctor barges in before I even had a chance to unfold the drape, so I'm just sitting there in a hoodies and tighty whities.

the rest of the appointment was not so fun though.:p

For play exams, I always wear tighty whities with white ankle socks.

For real exams, I don't have a preference.

Tighty whities were the standard for me when I was a kid, so all of my pediatric exams were done with me wearing them, and nothing else. I switched to boxer briefs in high school, and that’s what I wear today.

I had not come across the term "tighty whities" before joining this site, don't think it is used in the UK or Europe much.

Aside from the UK or Ireland, people don't usually speak English in the rest of Europe except as second language.

So, obviously they wouldn't use the (infantile) term 'tighty whities'. I have the impression that the term is condescending and was thought up as a way to make fun of boys/men who wear briefs, as a sort of mildly insulting term. After all, 'real' men wear boxers. That is what athletes and marines and men in the armed forces wear. Can you picture a marine or Delta Force guy hanging around the barracks in briefs? Of course not, boxers are de rigeur for 'he-men'.

Hence the slightly denigrating and diminutive term 'tighty-whities'. It sounds like baby-talk.

After all, 'real' men wear boxers. That is what athletes and marines and men in the armed forces wear. Can you picture a marine or Delta Force guy hanging around the barracks in briefs? Of course not, boxers are de rigeur for 'he-men'.

Hence the slightly denigrating and diminutive term 'tighty-whities'. It sounds like baby-talk.

A close second to pure "Boxers" are "Boxer Briefs" (especially Old Navy Soft-Washed Boxer Brief's - they provide a nice cushion for "the boys")! My son wears similar brands - and he is a "real" man - ex Green Beret with multiple combat tours.

Unfortunately, I am tainted - I was a lifeguard back in the 60's and I shamefully wore "Speedo" swim suits (both black and red - but not at the same time). I will carry that image to my grave!! 😄

For the past decade, at least, I just go in my boxers, that are my daily wear. I do try to make sure they aren't old or ugly looking. It doesn't even really matter now, because most of the time examiners don't even get me undressed any more.

There was one time, when I was in my mid 30's when I was going to a new physician for a physical exam, and I knew she was an attractive female, that I intentionally wore white briefs. That may be the last exam that I was examined in just my underwear. I did have a small sheet to cover my lap.

That was a pretty memorable exam. I'll have to write about it sometime.

That may be the last exam that I was examined in just my underwear.

Castro, why is it that many PCP's no longer have patients disrobe or do thorough medical checks? For the last ten years I have not had to disrobe for annual physicals. The physicals basically consist of visiting with the doctor, and then they will listen to heart and lungs through the clothes. One recently palpated my abdomen during the exam. The are many comments throughout the posts here where it is becoming the norm not to do an exam involving removal of clothes. It has been more than10 years since I had a hernia check or DRE. Later this year I will go in for another colonoscopy. Since my PCP does not do DRE's would I be out of line to ask the gastroenterologist to check my prostrate as long as he/she is going up there for the colonoscopy anyway?

It has been more than10 years since I had a hernia check or DRE. Later this year I will go in for another colonoscopy. Since my PCP does not do DRE's .....

@John657 Interesting that you are over 60, but your PCP doesn't want to perform a DRE on you. My ex employer's plant physicians started performing them on me around when I was turned 40. Haven't been checked for hernia in over 10 years, and given that some guys live with hernias and not know they have them, I'm a little surprised it's not something a PCP would still want to check for.

Honestly I don't own any tighty-whities but I do have an array of other type of men's underwear

Good question, @John657. I don't know for sure, but I suspect it is two things. First, there are recommendations from the United States Preventive Services Task Force. You can look them up at https://uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/. The bottom line is that they don't recommend a lot of stuff any longer. Hernia and testicular exams aren't recommended, and, apparently they no longer recommend digital rectal exams. So, since the recommendations to check these things are gone, I think a lot of physicians feel that they don't need to get the patient undressed.

Second reason, I think, is the Nassar effect. If you don't know his story, I don't want to tell it, but it's available in lots of places, including here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Nassar. I think the fear of getting sued, or worse, arrested, makes a lot of doctors ask "why even ask anyone to get undressed unless I really need to?" I also think it may be related to increased emphasis in the business of medicine to improve patient satisfaction. Some patients will never go back to a doctor who makes them take their clothes off -- so leaving a patient dressed reduces that chance of losing a paying customer.

I like my patients to be as undressed as possible - at least down to underwear. This is not for any erotic reason, it is just so that I won't miss anything important. However I am not the one getting patients undressed - it is the nurse. I usually can't take the time to come in to a room, get the history, ask the patient to change, leave the room while they change, and then come back. My patient load is just too high to do that, so I usually examine most of my patients dressed.

To expand on this idea - I often say that it is not the young, cute, sexy patients who really need to get undressed. These patients are often relatively healthy and aren't hiding much. It is the old, fat, dirty patients who are the ones who really need to get undressed. A lot of badness can hide under folds of dirty, smelly skin.

Sorry, not very erotic, but that is real medicine.

Tightly whites only in my younger days. Now … boxer briefs!

Tighty whities when I was a kid going to the pediatrician but then switched to boxer briefs when I got older.

I wore the basic white fruit of the loom or jockey brands that pretty much every kid in the 70's and 80's wore. After high school, I wore what was trendy. In college I started to go commando a lot more. I went a couple of times to the Dr. commando since I hardly get asked to take any clothes off. Recently I went commando as usual and the Dr. asked me to remove everything except my underwear which I told him I went commando. He just said “ Fine strip off”.

My playdoc requests tighty whities and I am happy to oblige, though long before they come off the front is rather stretched and damp.

Absolutely! Tighty Whities for exams. play or in real life. Boxers the rest of the time.

Tighty whities for my early physicals, then boxer shorts because that is what my mother bought for me, probably because my father wore them.

Now, I am back to wearing tighty whities for my regular underwear but I usually wear boxer shorts for a physical exam because it allows every to hang loose for when I have to take them off and have my genitals inspected.

Always. I never wear boxers anyway, but I like my tighty whities.

Not for my real MD (who doesn't really make me undress anyway), but I would absolutely want to wear them for a play exam since they make me feel younger and more vulnerable.