Examination Gowns

Gowns have become very popular in the USA. When you are taken into an exam room and asked to gown, do you take all your clothes off so you are typically naked?

I have always left on my underwear, even though the last couple of times the nurse did not specify if I should or not. I'm also given a "privacy drape" which is a small sheet to lay across my lap. Since I'm given this, perhaps they expect me to remove my underwear as well?

All my exams are proformed wit gown, with underwear on. when time to check private parts doctor has me stand up, remove my underware and then he lifts up gown to make check

I've never been given a gown, Ive always been examined either through my clothes or in my underwear. I don't even understand why a doctor would examine someone in a gown, I always assumed gowns were for walking to another room once youve already been undressed.

When I had my last full physical exam, the doctor instructed me to "undress all the way, but leave your underwear on, gown opens in the back."

I was only given a gown once for a physical. The doctor came in the room and did the history portion while I was fully dressed. Then he handed me a gown, told me to "change" and left the room. Since he wasn't clear, I took all my clothes off, including underwear and was naked underneath. For the hernia exam, he told me to stand in front of him and lift the gown. I wonder if he had noticed I was naked before or if he would tell me to drop my underwear if I was wearing any. I imagine it would be weird to lift the gown, then drop underwear. You'd have to remove the underwear first. I guess I'll never know, but maybe the doctor would lower the underwear himself at that point or ask me to do it. I'm pretty sure women have to get naked and put on a gown for a gyno because they have to sit on that special chair for the exam and it would be awkward to remove underwear at that time.

I've only been given the gown once as well. And I was told to completely undress before hand.

I have only been given a gown once and was told to leave my underwear on and that the gown should be worn with the opening in the front. The doctor wid the exam through the fabric of the gown. In other words, he did all the auscultation and palpation with the gown fully in place. When it was time for the genital and hernia exam, he had me stand. Then he pulled on the tie to open it and spread the two sides of the gown apart to expose the center of my chest, abdomen, and genital area and then instructed me to slip down my underwear to expose my penis and scrotum. In a way it was kind of cool to be mostly covered with the genitalia revealed focusing the attention on the penis.

The only time I have ever been given a gown at the outset was for a skin cancer screening. I was told to strip to my underpants and put on the gown with the opening in back. When the female doctor came in she asked me to remove the gown while she looked over my entire body. She then told me to drop my underwear and she examined my groin and buttocks. Whole thing took less than 10 minutes.

I am usually told to take off shirt, pants, socks, and shoes and given a gown to wear over underwear. then usually the gown and underwear come off the genital exam.

Over the years, I've seen things done all kinds of ways. I've had some offices that are very explicit about the instructions: Remove everything, including your underwear, and put the gown on with the opening in the back. Or the opening in the front. Or remove everything except for your underwear and put on the gown. Each office and each doctor does it a little differently.

Now days, I never ever wear a gown. I just won't, because it's a stupid idea to cover up with some paper or cloth thing that doesn't fit, just so the doctor can play peek-a-boo with your privates. It just doesn't make sense to me.

So now, regardless of the instructions given to me, I usually strip completely, including removal of my underwear, then sit on the exam table with a small paper drape over me. That's it. No gown, just me, totally nude with a paper drape. That seems to work best for me, and I rarely have any objections from the doctors or nurses.

Ussaulay no gown told to strip down to underwear

I have never been given a gown for a real exam. Its kind of funny since I love gowns so much now!

The only time I have ever been given a gown at the outset was for a skin cancer screening. I was told to strip to my underpants and put on the gown with the opening in back. When the female doctor came in she asked me to remove the gown while she looked over my entire body. She then told me to drop my underwear and she examined my groin and buttocks. Whole thing took less than 10 minutes.

That's very similar to the free dermatology screening I had earlier this year. I stripped to my shorts and changed into the gown.

A few minutes later, a male doctor and a female assistant who jotted down what the doctor said came in. I started out with the gown on while they checked my face and arms, then turned around while they examined my back. I let the gown drop by the time they had me turn back around while they looked at my chest and abdomen. Although they didn't check my penis, the doctor did pull my shorts aside for a short bit to check the groin.

The last two times I was in the e.r. I was told to undress completely and put the gown on opening in the back. The last time, I disobeyed and left my socks and underwear on. What's funny is that everyone was pleasantly surprised that I was not naked. The doctor went to examine my chest, and kind of sighed then yanked my gown up and over and then said "oh, you're wearing underwear" with a smile, apparently relieved by it. Then they came to take me to get an X-ray and one nurse offered me booties, while the other said "oh, he's got his socks on, he's all ready.". The X-ray tech had me turn around and raise my arms and said "oh cool, you're wearing underwear.". I finally asked "get tired of seeing butts all day?". He laughed and said "pretty much."

I thought it was strange to ask people to undress when you don't want or need them to.

I am always told by the nurse to take everything off including underware and she gives me a paper gown to wear... It only comes off later for the gentile exam....

Never been given a gown for routine physical. Just told to take everything off but undershorts. Undershorts stay on until the end, when they come off for the genital and rectal exams.

My F.P. never gives me a gown. I don't even take my clothes off. He listens to me through my shirt and will unbutton my slacks to feel my abdomin. If he's doing a D.R.E., I just bend over the end of the table and he slides my skivvies down, does his thing and pulls them back up.

My lady dermatologist is another story entirely. I see her once a year for a total body check. She wants everything off, including wrist watch. No gown is offered, just a tiny paper towel to cover the genitals. She puts me on my side, spreads my cheeks, then checks out my groin, then she goes carefully through my hair and examines my scalp. She spreads the toes and fingers also. She found one questionable growth on my right butt cheek one year and cut it out. I usually have some skin tags on my scalp that she freezes with nitrogen. She is a very pretty Korean lady. And she always has a female assistant with her, I suppose to protect her from legal charges.

My current doctor doesn't offer an exam gown for physicals. He tells me to undress to my underwear. With previous doctors, some required a gown and some didn't. For those that required exam gowns, most of the time I was asked to strip completely and put on the gown. A few times, I was told that I could keep my underwear on under the gown. I don't see the point of wearing underwear under the gown if the doctor is going to do a genital and rectal exam but I follow the instructions if told to leave my underwear on under the gown. Any time that I have been told to put on a gown, the doctor or nurse leaves the room while I undress. Any time that I have been asked to undress to my underwear only, the doctor usually stays in the room while I undress. This seems like an unnecessary attempt at modesty since the doctor see everything by the end anyway.

My doctor has me undress down to my boxer and then also put on a cloth exam gown that opens to the back.

I was never given a gown always down to underwear or naked

The female dermatologist that I see has me "take everything off", but I end up with a gown. It ends up down around my knees in the end, though, when she examines me lying down.

Dont usually wear one with current doctor but have them incase play doc needs them to be worn

I'm given a cloth gown and told to remove everything, including socks and underwear and to put the gown on with the opening to the back. The top half of the gown is folded down during the first half of the exam. In the second half of the exam, sometimes my doc helps me put the gown back on my upper half and has me lift for the genital exam, other times he lets me put the gown aside and stand naked.

I've had docs do it both ways. Some have told me to leave my underwear on but most prefer naked under the gown.

At my gynecologist, I am in a gown with everything off underneath.

I never saw this before

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iej6fte21Vg

Its 3 years old yet I haven't experienced these gowns anywhere

Its clever, but where's the fun (or rather embarrassment and feeling of vulnerability) in that? The awkward and revealing hospital gown is part of the experience for me.

I hate it when the nurse comes in beforehand and she's checking to make sure you removed your underwear under the gown. They can tell that fast you know.

I have been required to wear an exam gown a few times but more often I have been just in my underwear for a physical. For the times in a gown, I have been told to take everything off. Those gowns are often short so when I am sitting on the exam table, the bottom of the gown only goes down to mid thigh. This means that, if my legs are slightly apart, any doctor sitting on one of those rolling stools can see up the gown, which doesn't matter much since he is going to see it all anyway. I can usually get the top tie on the gown tied but not the middle tie. Those gowns are kind of a waste of time since your butt is exposed and, with a short gown, your genitals can be exposed some too. Maybe exam gowns work better for females but on a male it doesn't cover enough to worry about. Has anyone noticed whether your exam gowns have different lengths? I have almost always been what I think are short gowns. Just to mid thigh if I am sitting and just above my knees if I am standing. I am about six foot. Or do they give short gowns to guys and longer gowns to females?