Do all doctors wipe after doing a rectal examination?

Mine does a little bit before he takes off his gloves and then hand me a tissue to “clean up”. My former primary care Doc always left that chore to me.

I say the dr gels you he should clean the mess he made.

lol 😂

I’ve had this both ways…. handed a box of tissue and I have been wiped. If my physician has wiped, I still wipe again.

I've had three rectal examinations in the last few years, and all with the same doctor. Each time upon finishing, he removes his finger from deep inside me, then his plastic glove, he then points to a box of tissues requesting that I use them to dry myself and to dispose of them in the bin provided.

I've had GPs wipe my bottom after the rectal exam, but usually they hand me some tissues to do it myself. That always leaves me to ask if I can wash my hands at the end of the exam and before getting dressed.

I’ve had a doctor and a NP wipe for me after the rectal exam but I just had a PA do a prostate exam last week and she had to leave the room to get a box of tissues. She brought them back and I wiped myself this time.

I’ve probably had 30 or so DRE’s in the last 35 years. I’ve never had a doctor/PA/NP white off the excess lube.

Yes mine does. Wipes me off, puts my barrier cream on, re diapers, and re dresses me after the exam.

I’ve just been handed tissues to do it myself.

I’ll be having my first rectal exam soon, and I’m curious to feel a lubed gloved finger back there. I’ve never had anything in my butt before, and I’m definitely nervous and a little uncomfortable, but in a strange way, I’m also looking forward to it. I hope the doctor doesn’t wipe, they could offer me a tissue to do it myself, but I don’t want them to do it, and I kind of want to feel the lube in me for a while after the exam just to experience that feeling and remember the exam.

I’m a 69 y/o doctor with past history of many, many rectal exams (DRE, incl standard prostate exam) and one single trans-rectal prostate massage by my urologist to obtain prostate fluid for analysis. I never really thought much about it but I only have a minor preference for wiping myself after the exam. However in all those prostate exams from 1974-2019, my doctor has always given me the tissues or box of them to clean myself post-exam. I think one of the members below enjoyed the feeling of the lubricant in and around his anus and left it without wiping for awhile. Being an anal and enema fan, I’d enjoy that feeling for awhile too, but I’ve always just wiped right away and still enjoyed the minimal but noticeable squishy feeling of residual lube inside my sphincter. It’s not a major aphrodisiac, but if it wound up arousing me at all I’d just wait till I was home and rub one out.

Eric

I had my yearly physical exam yesterday with a new doctor, he did the DRE, but did not wipe or offer tissues, but when we were finished I used the tissues available on the counter and finished the job. He had a good technique…

My doctors always handed me a tissue to wipe - or (more often) pointed me to a box of tissues on the counter. Never once did a doctor offer to whip me!

I have an exam every year and the doctor simply hands me a box of tissues. A friend who is a urologist gave me a good hint. He said that when he reached for the tissues you simply put your hand out to take the tissues and there will be no conversation about who will wipe. He also added that he has never even thought of wiping. Relax and enjoy it.

My doctor always wipes after the rectal exam. I appreciate it as it keeps my underwear clean

I was handed several tissues.

It has always been a self-cleaning operation. So for rectals, I'd say that the process has always been better than the encore

My doctors always handed me a tissue tom tip - or (more often) pointed me to a box of tissues on the counter. Never once did a doctor offer to whip me!

So he never whipped you we get it. Did he wipe You?

So he never whipped you we get it. Did he wipe You?

So maybe he just “whipped” me with a tissue! My doc was very kinky, but not very sadistic! 😕

Seriously, always was handed a tissue or used my sleeve!

Hmm he didn't wipe.

I didn't wipe either as it was relatively clean (though I did feel the gel for a while).

My real doctors have not.

If a play doctor did it, it would be really nurturing, I think.

I was handed tissues. Never wiped by the doctor.

I have been handed tissues to wipe myself, but my doctor has never wiped me.

My current doctor does not wipe me but offers tissues for me to wipe myself. Previous doctors have wiped me, but often I have to make additional wipes myself.

My rectal surgeon she does wipe my butt after an exam . my Gyn after a pelvic exam just leaves my foo-foo wet

Always have wiped myself with the tissues provided

My doctor always wipes my ass after he sticks his finger in. I will say, it is a little comfortable when he does it though (the wiping part)!

My doctor would point at the box of tissues so I could do it. I thought it was somewhat embarrassing.

I'll do my own wiping, thanks, and preferably after I'm given some kind of privacy. I'm sorry, but wiping is even more intimate than the exam for some reason.

My doc does not wipe. I do it after he leaves