Doctor stays in the exam room while you get dressed

This morning I went to my doctor for a knee problem. She asked me to take off my pants and watched me doing it because she was already beside the exam table (changing the paper sheet) 😄

As others have said, strip and redress in front of Dr, Nurse or Physio. As I've said, last time nurse undid my trousers and dropped them… In UK, no gown, screen or anything usually.

Growing up going to the pediatrician the nurse would take me to the exam room after doing some basic eye and ear testing in the hallway and ask me to take everything off but my boxers and the doctor would be in. I would always be really nervous being almost fully exposed in my boxers sitting on the table waiting for the doctor to come in. I started going to a primary care adult doctor a few years ago and had a physical exam a few months ago with a new one. I was led to the exam room by the nurse after the same basic tests and was told to wait for the doctor. He came in and asked some questions while at the computer typing some notes and then said okay please get undressed to your underwear so can start the exam. He was sitting there while I took off all my clothes and got down to my boxers. I was already a bit anxious about going to the doctors and him being right next to me while I undressed just added to it.

Last time i went to the dermatologist for a general full look-over, she sat at her desk while I undressed in front of the desk and draped my clothes as elegantly as I could, on one of the chairs placed in front of her desk, not even a meter away.

The last time, which was just a few weeks ago, she had an assistant in training with her, a younger doc in his 20s it looked like. Unlike the dermatologist, he didn't have a computer screen to sit in front of while I undressed. He just stood to her side and tried to look knowledgeable and competent while holding a folder of paper files.

I'm due for another appointment next week and I have little doubt it will be the same: undress in front of the doc, put your clothes on the chair, walk over on stocking feet to the exam table and repeat in reverse.

I don't care if she stays in the room or not but I do expect to be naked and I expect her to do a thorough exam. I've never had one before and the reason I made the appointment is because I'm 82 so I think it's about time.

#DrCarrie I’d that true in uk? You regularly undress in front of the Doctor?

#DrCarrie I’d that true in uk? You regularly undress in front of the Doctor?

It is the same in Belgium. I have never been to a doctor who had a separate changing room or a screen to change behind. Usually you just change in the same room where the doctor has a desk/exam table. I would say though that most doctors follow a politeness protocol and (pretend to?) busy themselves with paper/computer work while you are busy undressing. There is no staring.

I have however been to a dermatologist often enough who has assistants in training and they have nothing to do while I undress than sit or stand around holding a chart or paper. They do look which I sort of like.

twice in fact the dermatologist had a young Muslim assistant in training wearing a head covering. It sort of added some extra spice to the concept of a CFNM situation, especially with the complete undressing required by a diligent dermatologist.

I don't care if the doctor and others are in the room, I AM there for her/them to look me over naked anyway so what's the big deal about undressing in front of them. At my age I feel more like a training aid any how.

A couple months ago had to get a cortisone shot on my knee, but that involved having to take my pants (and knee brace) off in front of the doctor. Its probably time for another shot soon too…

On numerous exams, some doctors have remained in the room after instructing me to remove my shirt and pants. Others have stepped out of the room after telling me to undress to their desired preference.

@Nath42 Yes, you generally get undressed with the doctor in the room, in some cases there may be a curtain or screen for you to undress behind but not always, the size of the consulting room can dictate the furnishing arrangements, so it’s not unusual to be in full view while undressing.

I’ve never had to get undressed for an exam so can’t speak for me. The gyno exam I attended for my mom and one for my sister the nurse asks them to get undressed then leaves the room and comes back and at the end the doctor tells them to get dressed and leaves the room. In my opinion it would be weird for them to stay.

Since it is customary in Germany not to wear a gown during an examination, the doctor is usually in the room while you undress. Of course there are exceptions where we have changing rooms, such as at the gynecologist's. But other than that, the doctors are often in the room with you while you undress, yes.

I undress and dress behind a curtain, screen, cubicle or something like that.

@Annette1 – dressing behind a screen is kinda hot. how many movies has that scene been in. with a bright backlight

super hot

and at the end the doctor tells them to get dressed and leaves the room. In my opinion it would be weird for them to stay.

Since many doctors only have the one exam room, it would be weird for them to go stand outside in the hallway while you dress/undress. That would really be calling attention to the undressing.

I'd say it is better for the doctor to act like it is the most normal/banal thing during an exam … otherwise all the rigmarole of separate changing room, gown and such, just focuses a patient's attention on what should otherwise be an ordinary thing. It makes a big (well, medium-sized) production out of nothing unusual.

@DrCarrie Do you mind/like that you have to take all of your clothes off so close to the Doctor?

My current female physician has stayed in the room while I undressed, and stayed in the room thoing away on my chart as I got dressed. No big deal, she was never looking or staring at me so I was fine with it.

You have raised many questions for me now . I'm to see my new female doctor tomorrow to have my catheter changed and to get instructions on how to change it on my own . Do I take her out to dinner tonight ? or wait until after she's done ? Do i bring flowers? I mean I've never met her before nor do i even know what she looks like . So….. my first meet and greet will be with my pants off and her handling my penis . There must be some kind of protocol here . Will she wait untill i undress? or will she want to watch? Should i try to do a striptease ? Will she judge me on stile ?

Just trying to lighten the mood for you all and trying to Aley my own fear's of what is to come

I've never had privacy at the clinic when getting undressed, and I'm fine with it. I don't feel like I'm stripping for her and I just accept she's going to have a detailed look in between my legs anyway, so she may as well see my slit.

It's more embarrassing afterwards as my clitoris sticks out after my check/tests down there, but I don't rush to cover it - really don't want to end up with my knickers in a twist!

There must be some kind of protocol here . Will she wait untill i undress? or will she want to watch? Should i try to do a striptease ? Will she judge me on stile ?

The protocol is to act as if undressing in front of a doctor is the most normal thing in the world.

Just trying not to embarrass my self tomorrow . I have avoided doctors and hospitals for years . I have lived in remote places and miners claims for a reason . I had been in motorcycle wrecks and hospitalized before and involved in a job site explosion where two of my co-workers died and i was hospitalized and told that i would possibly die . Now i have a catheter that is in all of my sex organs and some one that i have never met is going to touch me and i will try with all my will not to get excited . To act as if “it's all normal” So maybe i should bring flowers ?

She has stayed in the exam room while I dropped my shorts and underwear to give me my hernia exam.

For me, the Medical assistant brings me into the room and tells me to undress and put on a gown she then leaves. She then comes back in a few minutes later and takes vitals and says the doctor will be in shortly. When the doctor is done he tells me to get dressed and the assistant will be back in to draw blood. So they always leave me alone to get dressed and undressed, but I always feel it is a race to get undressed or dressed before they come back in. I know it's silly, but somehow I feel they expect me to be ready when they come back and I never know how long that is going to be. It's not so much about them seeing me getting dressed and undressed. I mean they both have already seen me undressed already so what is the big deal if they catch me in the middle. I guess I just feel that I wouldn't have met expectations.

Interesting I hadn’t thought about it before but doctors have always left the room for dressing and undressing. Even dermatologists who checked me out naked left while I changed.

In public hospitals there is a curtain. you change clothes behind the curtain but it's the same room. I do not know in private hospitals. And yes doctor are present

Once. There was a curtain that I could go behind, but I had to change into a gown and get dressed after while the dr was in the room.

During a flexible sigmoid exam , the nurse was very attractive and chatty.

After I got undressed and in my gown, she came in and continued talking with me as she prepped items for the doctor.

The doctor came in, we exchanged polite chitchat before he put on gloves telling me to lie on my left side.

He put lube on my anus and pushed some inside my rectum while the nurse stood on the opposite side of the table and reached to spread my cheeks so the doctor could see the “landscape.”

I was awake for the whole exam and watched a small TV screen as the doctor conducted the exam.

When it was over, the doctor removed the tubing from my rectum and handed it to his nurse. She carried it across the room and placed it in a tray of liquid.

As she worked she told me I could get dressed. I got off the table, faced the nurse who had her back to me, took off my gown and reached for my underwear.

As I did, the nurse turned toward me and immediately saw me fully nude. She kept talking small talk and discovered she knew of me through dealings I had with her family.

With that revelation, I smiled at her before i lifted a leg to step into my underwear. She continued watching me dress. When I had my underwear on and pulled fully up, she turned back to her tray and continued fiddling with the instrument the doctor had used.

I didn’t mind her looking and watching me at all. As a nudist and some level of exhibitionist, I enjoyed my nudity and her watching me.

At the dermatologist (my first time) the nurse (I guess) offered me a gown which I told her seemed rather pointless, so she left the room telling me to strip to my skivvies.

At the hospital the last time a female asked me to loosen my pants so she could place the pad on my backside that prevents bed sores. Then she said “you may as well take the pants off anyway” because she was going to have to check everything. I read that the hospital was being sued by someone claiming they had bed sores and it was the hospital's fault. So I guess they are now going over your body the same way a valet parking person goes over your car to catalog any damage before they take it.

So I was stripped naked while standing in front of her. She wasn't my nurse or nurses aid listed on the chart. Maybe she was just the pecker checker.

It seems somewhat double standards, but usually one undresses in private before the doctor comes in, but you have to dress when the doctor is still in the exam room. At least that is how it has been for most of my exams anyway. Of course, at that point the doctor has seen you totally naked anyway over the course of the exam.