Lab coats

I would amplify on Lia's suggestion - stethoscope, white coat and a tie. Never ever sneakers!

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I love scrubs. The lab coat is ok with some, but the scrubs show off a nice body.

I'm a sucker for a girl in scrubs it has to be said, green or blue I don't mind. However, I'm not too keen on scrubs with fancy patterning or other embellishments.

I can't get too excited about lab coats, it all seems a bit more mundane somehow, bunions and arthritis. That said, it wouldn't deter me either, anything medical is good for me.

I always wear street clothes and a lab coat when I'm at the office, scrubs only in the OR.

Ah! and I never forget my heels, although now a sciatica is making me choose the lower ones....LOL :😃

I agree, lab coat over scrubs for the preliminaries but after that scrubs, mask, and exam gloves to be able to get down to the nittygritty

I like the look of a lab coat with dress clothes or with scrubs as well, but both dress options without a coat is hot also 😃

I think both project an image of power and control.

Slacks, dress shirt, tie and a lab coat.

Or scrubs, with or without lab coat.

Just no mask, please. I've never seen a doctor wear a mask for a routine examination.

I like the white robe that emphasizes the figure of the doctor

The use of a white doctor's coat or lab coat has been discontinued in the majority of British hospitals a few years ago. The primary reason was that the doctors rarely changed them or took them off when examining a patient , so they became bug infected .

There was an article in one of the medical journals that showed what bugs were colonized in the the pockets , they included MRSA and Pseudomonas, both of which you never want to contract as a patient with a compromised immune system.

I personally prefer my Doctor in a White Doctor's Coat. As @KC_Patient mentioned it projects an aura of Authority and/or power.

I really don’t have a preference. Some of my doctors wear lab coats some don’t. If I’m having a procedure they wear scrubs. I live in a hot climate so I think that wearing a lab coat may prove to be too warm.

I prefer scrubs over lab coat. It says to me “I’m causal. Casually asserting my dominance.”

I definitely prefer doctors wearing lab coats. It is very professional and really shows their authority. Nothing like seeing a lab coat with pockets for the stethoscope, tongue depressors, etc.

I definitely prefer doctors wearing lab coats. It is very professional and really shows their authority. Nothing like seeing a lab coat with pockets for the stethoscope, tongue depressors, etc.

I doubt tongue depressors would be kept in a lab coat pocket, not very sterile.

How about a white meat packers coat, ah la Patch Adams? LOL! That's what DrFn uses. Looks just like a lab coat. Sometimes worn over the scrubs and sometimes worn over nice dress slacks and a collared shirt. I do forgo the tie. Had to wear one everyday in my earlier career and don't so much any more. I do have some very nice power ties though! Hmmm!

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Hmmm good topic , fantasy wise , a fine female doctor with some curves , wearin lab coat, nothing else underneath, stethoscope around neck and the right shoes would be mind blowing

Lab coat over scrubs...

I usually don’t wear a lab coat over scrubs, but if I choose to wear business casual (shirt and tie), I’ve been known to put on a lab coat.

When I see surgical staff around the hospital wearing what looks like a long robe scrubs, is this one of the gowns they wear in the OR which is just turned around with the opening in front?

What turns me on potentially: Lab coat is good. Professional clothing is also good. Not a big fan of scrubs, except if it's in a hospital and we're doing a procedure.

That said, i believe everyone should be able to wear to work clothes they are comfortable in. i don't mind whatever they wear. Scrubs typically don't arouse me.

Lab coat over scrubs or dress clothes whenever in the clinical setting. Always wear my ID as well.

Lab coats over scrubs definitely! It's the only type i like..

A lab coat over a shirt and tie please! Honestly it's the best look.

I usually wear a white lab coat over scrubs, depending on temperature or venue.

Lab coat can be hot. I don't own one of those, but I do have scrubs.

I don't have a preference. I've had doctors in camouflage fatigues, military dress uniforms, scrubs, a lab coat over scrubs and a lab coat over dress clothes.

Lab coat is a nice touch. I love to see it being worn. But I do like scrubs as well… though a nice square shirt with rolled up sleeves and the steth hung around the neck …does make my heart beat a bit faster too

There are some references to lab coats being “germ factories” if not cleaned regularly. Probably more of an issue where a real doc is seeing multiple sick patients and unknowingly “collecting specimens”.

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/your-doctors-white-lab-coat-is-a-gross-squirming-bacteria-factory

https://www.physiciansweekly.com/should-doctors-wear-white-lab-coats/

With a lab coat, I’d prefer a dress shirt, with tie optional. But I lean toward scrubs, I have a thing for forearms 😊. Also, a steth slung around the neck is a nice touch.

The context is important, I think.

In a doctor's office, wearing the shirt and tie with a lab coat, stethoscope, maybe a couple other medical items in the breast pocket – it says professionalism.

In a hospital, when I see a doctor in the lab coat, it seems more pedestrian somehow – and I'm not quite sure why. But a doctor in scrubs in the hospital usually says either ‘I’ve just been doing surgery' – or ‘I’m heading into surgery' – and somehow makes them seem even more authoritative. Or maybe it's just the way a surgeon carries themselves.

-g