Shaving before going to the urologist or gynecologist

Not sure if this has been discussed before but does anybody think you should shave before going to the urologist or gynecologist? I'm most definitely going to shave my genitals before my exam in a few weeks. What does everybody else think?

Well my hair down there is permanently gone. I don’t care what anyone thinks about it. I love it. It makes dermatologists visit quick and easy.

I shave all my pubic hair on a daily basis, so when I go to my urologist I already have glabrous genitals it really doesn't make a difference because he would see everything anyways (hair or no hair). Your urologist won't really care if you are shaved or not.

Oh I know he wouldn't care but I do shave my genitals regardless. I do it so I don't get my zipper caught in my public hair when I gotta take my pants off for the urologist

Right now I've let my pubic hair grow out and I plan to keep it that way for a while. My doctor has seen pubic hair before so I suspect it's no big deal to her and it isn't to me.

This has been talked about loads of times but doctors do not care about something like that, it does not matter to them. It is not dirty to have pubic hair, it is just silly to think it is. If you just wash you are clean.

I have got nice pubic hair and I do not shave before my checkups, it is just not needed.

I figure the crabs will have a harder time hiding if I shave.😁

My wife shaves her lips always before a pelvic exam so that an inept practitioner doesn't pull her pubic hair putting in the speculum. I think it looks soo erotic when she leaves a soft triangle of hair above her clitoris but her lips are bare.

Male here ... all natural body/pubic hair! Never shaved! This is the only way my urologist ... or any other doctor ... has ever seen me.

Last year I went to see a surgeon about getting a hernia repaired. Now I've been completely shaving for a while now and didn't give a second thought to it. Well he told me to remove my pants,, which I did, and my underwear (black cotton panties) which got a look and even more of one when he saw that I was hairless. And I'm sure during surgery there was a couple of comments as well, but you will have this.

Elaine

Initially, I didn't think of any reason to shave - or trim - before an exam (gynecologist , urologist or dermatologist). @LuvMed 's wife may have a good point and in other threads women have said they trim up. My wife never shaved and never complained. For guys, I don't see any reason to shave or trim specificaly for a doctor visit other than for the "kink" of it. If you normally just like keeping it bald, then don't grow it out for the visit!

Maybe if a guy is going in for a vasectory they mighy shave - but they usually take care of that in the office.

I've only been shaved before surgery, and then only on 1 side. I did try a trim before going for a cystoscopy, but I'm so inept that I manged to nick myself in some delicate places - and that was using an electric trimmer! Glad it wasn't a razor! I'm leaving well alone in future (or let the experts do it ever needed again).

Maybe if a guy is going in for a vasectory - but they usually take care of that in the office.

When I went in for my vasectomy (back in 2005), I was given specific shaving instructions.

Fast forward to last January and I was specifically told to not shave before my hernia surgery. The nurse explained that I would be shaved by the surgical team to help avoid any infection.

When I went for my vasectomy they said to shave. My wife wouldn't do it for me so I did the best I could myself. That wasn't good enough so he had his receptionist do it over. His nurse was out that day so she was it. She happened to be a classmate from high school.