Paper underwear

About a year ago, I experienced an exam where I was given some disposable exam shorts. The shorts looked similar to these:

http://www.quickmedical.com/graham/shorts/index.html

This was not with my regular PCP. This was on one of my excursions to a doc-in-the-box type of place to receive a "sports physical". I normally don't use a gown of any type when one is offered. But since this was the first time I was ever offered shorts like this, I decided to give them a try. They were not comfortable at all and had a waxy feeling. The one thing I did like was that instead of them being very loose fitting, they tended to cling to my body. That feeling was somewhat arousing as I felt like the outline of my genitals could be seen clearly. 😃

I have heard that these exist for the gyn drs.,, But never saw one till now...!!

That's a very interesting exam bikini in the link Jimmy Johnson posted

Here's stuff for the spa industry

http://www.massagewarehouse.com/shop-by-department/esthetic-supplies/apparel/disposables/

Interesting, but I've never had this at a real exam. Once during a massage I was given something similar it itched like hell.

Paper underwear? Sounds like Depens on a "light day"!

Years ago we used to have these disposable paper pants/knickers that were given to patients prior to going to theaters. It was a sort of a white papery waxy, that could easily be removed usually by cutting off should the patient require a catheter. But Its been years since I worked on a surgical ward so don't know if that practice continues today in the UK . Where I work we only have cloth gowns and no type of underwear is provided for the patients.

I remember when I was around 9 or 10 my mum was in hospital having an operation. The nurse had put her gown on the locker and some paper pants ready for her to put on in the morning for her surgery. All 4 of us kids were giggling about it .

When I had my appendix out and my recent theatre trips I was told to remove everything and put the gown on. There were definitely no paper pants offered.

I believe, not for certain, that most surgery pre-gown/underwear are disposable. Necessary if the patient is needed to be catheterized or shaved. I do not know if those garments were paper or similar to vinyl/PVC material.

I had a vein ultrasound done and was given a pair of paper boxer shorts to wear. Then they cut the inseams for access to my groin. Seemed silly

Hip exam in paper shorts last week... Seemed silly to me too.

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They do that in psych all the time as well as scrubs and gowns too and socks

At a private orthopedic office I had a knee x-ray Many people wear pants and underwear. For x-ray knee has to be exposed. For modesty tech offered paper shorts/underwear with elastic waist and leg holes to cover underwear. I, however came with running shorts, obviating the need for the paper shorts

Gown with laces up the back seems to be the norm in the UK. These can be laundered so reducing disposable waste. Never heard of paper undies being offered

I had a handful of physicals in my teens wearing exam shorts but I remember them being made of the same kind of cloth as exam gowns. This was in the 1980s, though, so maybe now the same kind of thing are paper.

Regarding gynecology, no need to consider the paper underwear when you need to have direct access to the area it would hide. However, some doctors thought that, to preserve the modesty of their patients, it would be possible to offer them disposable sarongs which they could wear in the locker room.The advantage is that, once lying down, access to the perineal zone is not hampered, it suffices to slide the top of the sarong for the examination and palpation of the breasts.

The problem is economic because, in France, consultations are reimbursed by the health insurance system at a rate that does not allow the purchase of comfort accessories. Otherwise, consultations must be made in sector 2 outside the nomenclature and it is the patient who must pay the difference.

WhenI went in for an MRI they gave me disposable paper shorts. It's one size fits all…..I could have camped in. them!

I've never heard of this and would worry about tearing, getting sweaty/wet….. no thanks

I’ve heard of them used for pre-employment exams

I've always wondered about these and if it makes sense for a medical practice to use them or not. Seems like they might have some place in cospetic surgery, bit I could also see them being used in primary care. Would be interesting to have an exam in them.

Ive tried a paper gown before, and I was so oversized for it, I was tearing out of it like the hulk before the doctor even showed up. I have to imagine paper undies would have the same affect, lol.

I believe it’s common at dermatologists and surgeons.

Wore paper shorts in a hot spring when I forgot my bathing suit. We were all stoned and fooling around quite a bit and my shorts ended up getting ripped off me during the tomfoolery. 😃 Too stoned to worry about it and just walked naked to get my towel. Didn't stay naked long as it was quite chilly and snowing. Good job there were just us two couple there.

I've never seen or used it I've used a paper sheet but that's it

Wore them at dermatologist, but never the pediatrician.