Does the doctor watch you undress?

I have had several exams recently and it's varied whether the doctor watches you strip off at the start of the exam.

One asked me to strip to underwear and sit of the exam couch when ready, He then left the room and came back in when i was ready.

The other asked me to undress while he was in the room.

Just wondered what is the norm?

Typically, they would leave the room. At least that’s been my experience.

My doctor stays and watches as I undress. I asked about it on one visit and he explained that he observes HOW I undress. How coordinated are my movements, how steady am I, how flexible, etc. He also asks me questions as I undress to assess memory and cognitive state (multitasking).

Once down to underpants he once asked how long my left shoulder had been bothering me? I hadn't mentioned that pre-exam, had no history of issues and I wasn't even planing on mentioning it. But he noticed as I removed my shirt.

In both real and play exams the doctor always leaves the room.

For the last year was told to undress before even meeting the doc . Here ln nursing home the doc is standing here as a nurse is undressing me

The doctor observed me undress once I had a pain that moved between my back and hips, I knew why she did.

If i'm undressing to get in the gyno chair they don't watch.

In most cases, I have been instructed by the nurse to disrobe. I have either been asked to (younger days) strip down to my underwear or (currently) strip completely and don an exam gown.

There have been other times that the doctor has instructed me to remove my shirt and pants. One time, as I stood to undress, the doctor walked over to the sink to wash his hands. Another doctor remained as I stripped to my underwear. As I undressed, he went over some paperwork in reference to a health questionnaire.

There has never been a time that I felt any doctor intentionally watched as I undressed. However, I have noticed that a few doctors have taken a quick second glance as I attempt to engage in some casual conversation. This is always done at the exam's conclusion as I stand completely naked. I try to keep that lockerroom mentality in the exam room.

I’ve never had the doctor in the room as I undressed. As far back as I can remember, the nurse walks me to the exam room takes my vitals and then tells me to undress to your underwear and put the paper gown on and wait for the doctor.

When the doctor does the genital exam, she will ask me to just lower my shorts and immediately when she is done will say you can raise your shorts now.

Never been wartched but on one or two occasions several years ago the doc stayed in the room while I changed into a gown behind a curtain.

Generally, if undressing is anticipated, they ask me to undress, give me a gown, and leave while I do it.

That's pretty rare these days, though. Usually, I stay dressed for the exam. At my most recent one, I mentioned some concern with how a surgical scar is healing, and I took off my shirt to show her. She didn't leave the room (and I didn't really give her the chance).

For a regular doctor's visit the answer is NO. For the last 10 years they never have me get undressed. Last year at the dermatologist the nurse left the room then came back in with the doctor and friends after I was naked. Seemed kind of stupid to me that she left unless it was to go get her friends to come watch the show. But why would they want to come see a fat old man with a little wrinkly one anyway?

My previous doctor of 30 years would be sitting in the corner reading my chart so he never left.

At the hospital the girl ( don't know what she was) helped me strip so she was right there with me, hands on.

When I'm there for my annual physical. The nurse will lay a gown on the exam table before she leaves the room. As she is walking out she will tell me if he wants you in this he will tell you. After he goes over my meds and lab results, he will tell me take everything off and put the gown on with the opening in the back. He is in the room when I'm doing this but I can't say he watches me. He is usually doing something on the computer. Or getting something he wants ready. He will glance at me to see if I'm done changing.

I went to a chiropractor once he needed exrays and had me lift my shirt and drop my pants, then he said it would be better if I dropped my underwear also. As the pain was so bad he had to pull my underwear and pants up.

I've never had a doctor watch me undress.

For my last 3 doctor visits, yearly physical, my Naturopath has stayed in the room while I removed my clothes. She did not real stare at me but she was getting things ready like the lube, and other items used for the physical, stethoscope, gloves etc. she asked me to remove all my clothes but to leave my underwear on. However, eventually she would ask me to remove my underwear and continue with my skin exam and genital \ rectal portion of the exam.

She did not real stare at me but she was getting things ready like the lube, and other items used for the physical, stethoscope, gloves etc.

There's something really erotic about watching the doctor get the gloves and lube out.

In most jurisdictions, lawsuit plaintiff's claiming bodily injury can be court ordered to submit to an independent medical exam by a physician

selected by the defendant's attorney. Such doctors are typically orthopedic surgeons or neurologists. Prior to the exams, these doctors review the medical records to identify the injury complaints.

The better IME doctors will carefully observe the patient disrobing observing range of motion, any compensatory movements possibly protecting pain and any grimacing expected from the injuries asserted.

It makes for great expert testimony when the patient comfortably strips off like a burlesque dancer, then during the "actual exam" acts like they can not move!

No idea. I never looked up at his face when I undressed. Too embarrassed.

I practiced medicine for 35 years. Can't recall ever watching a patient undress. A huge part of maintaining the doctor -patient boundary is avoiding anything smacking of intimacy. I know... you're thinking you'll put your (gloved) fingers in her vagina but won't watch her undress? What sense does that make intimacy -wise? Dunno except the exam is medically necessary and appropriate but watching someone undress isn't. Kind of have to use your intuition and sense of cultural norms I guess.

My last exams at the dermatologist included undressing in front of her as there was no screen or changing room. Just two chairs in front of her desk over which you can place your clothes.

She usually busies herself with the computer while I am undressing, but that may be out of politeness. I undress in front of her and sometimes an assistant (the previous to last time was with an assistant or student who was Muslim with a head scarf on - made for interesting situation and feelings).

So I suppose you could say I undress in front of the doctor, at least with the dermatologist. But it is not like she is then standing there intentionally watching me either.

No idea. I never looked up at his face when I undressed. Too embarrassed.

Hello Grace !

Why will you be so shy ???

The doctor will see in a few minutes all of your naked body !! - will mean all and everything !!

So in my opinion it is not very vulnerable, to undress in front of him !!

Kindly regards !!!

At my Gp yes she sees me undressing

Normally, the nurse escorts me back to the exam room. On the way she maybe stops at the scale in the hall to take the height and weight. Once in the room she goes over the basics and askes questions. She takes the rest of the vitals and advises if the doctor wants to retake e.g. high blood pressure etc. Then the verbiage " take everything off except your underwear and the doc will be here in a moment."

I did have a situation which I posted in a different thread about an extremally long office visit at a past Dr. office.

I had moved to a new city and been seeing this doctor for about 3 visits regarding medications and just general health issues. Upon making a fourth visit the nurse advised I needed to get a complete physical.

I arrived about 30 minutes early since I was advised to fill out paperwork for the exam. Filled out and then the nurse brought me back to the exam room. We did the vitals as usual but, she advised

"Dr. Frankel is running behind" as he had several patients today since he was not in the office yesterday.

Not an issue as I was off work anyway. I was advised to have a seat on the table and wait.

She did not ask me to undress or offer a gown, which I normally don't take anyway.

About 15 to 20 minutes go by and I am thinking did he forget about me?

Another 10 minutes go by and I get the knock at the door.

"Hey Robert, sorry to be this late. I have had a lot of questions and time consuming visits".

Not an issue Dr. Frankel, the nurse said you were off yesterday and I should expect some wait time.

I see you are hear for a physical? How long has it been since your last physical?

About 3 years or so.

Ok, well, since I am running behind, let me look over the notes and just strip down to your underwear.

Got off the table and started to take off my shirt, and then shoes and socks.

Dr. looks up and then looks at his watch.

"Wow, I am running behind."

"Robert, just strip off everything to save time."

He stood up and I removed my jeans and underwear and go back on the table.

@rew2010 Wow, that's hot. What was the exam like? Did you get hard at all?

Since I am a quad you might say they watch , you might also say if they want me undressed and undiapered they have to do it, any naked exams are “team sports” with someone stripping me ,putting urinary and rectal catheters in so I don’t make a mess and my various specialist are all in on the “quad check up “.

No there is a small changing room in each exam room. Plus the nurse leaves after she asked you if you need help. Then she will return and knock twice on the door and enter. Then she will take your vitals and have you get up on the exam table. After that, the doctor will knock twice and come in.

Adult healthcare facilities always have a screen behind which the patient undresses. When I visited nurseries, there were no screens, no secluded places for changing clothes, no one offered me. Although the screens were in many places, but probably for teenagers from 15 years old. Usually there was just a chair on which the child, and more often the one who brought him, arranged children's clothes. Undressing and dressing took place right in front of everyone.

There's been a couple times where the doctor was in the room before instructing to me undress, so yes they would watch me strip down to my undies or just pretend to be busy with paperwork while they waited. But most often, the nurse who takes me back to the room usually tells me to undress before the doctor gets there.

Generally, if it was a physical, the doctor was not in the room. I was given a gown, and told to undress (underwear left on or removed, depending on the doctor). For the last 9 years, there really hasn't been undressing at all.

There were several cases when I undressed with the doctor watching/waiting. The first was when I had a swollen testicle. I was dressed when he came into the room, and he said "let's take a look." I lowered my pants, he did a very quick exam, and then immediately referred me to a urologist. The urologist exam was very much the same, with me just lowering my pants with him in the room.

After my vasectomy, I had a little infection at the incision site. I got an appointment with the nurse practitioner because the doctor couldn't see me. She came in the room when I was fully dressed, asked me about my symptoms, and then asked me to lower my pants so she could take a look. I pulled them down (but not off) and laid on the table for her to examine. She prescribed an antibiotic and everything was fine.

He pulls around a curtain while I undress. He does watch me put my clothes back on. Which is funny. You have already squeezed my balls i wouldn’t even care if a doctor watched me undress.