Annual breast exam

Out of curiosity I was wondering what is the average time your gyno in real life exams your bréasts? I just had my first one by my new gyno and each breast was no more then 15 seconds on each breast. Is it me or is that short?

When I have a breast exam, its short, maybe 30 seconds

Yes I would say about 20-30 seconds for each breast (my current doctor) I did have a doctor in the past that took longer.

Now I'm not talking as a fetichist -in real life real exams 30 seconds is very very short

I would think possibly a minute each side that includes doing the armpits as well.

It seems quick because they are simply looking for obvious problems that would send them on red alert. Of course a regular mammogram is the best solution for finding a problem, but if you express to the Doc prior to the appointment some "concern" he will be much more complete and it will take much longer. :-)

If you do a complete breast exam with static and dynamic inspedtion, armpit palpation and supraclavicular check and thorough palpation sitting or standing ( bimanual palpation for larger breasts) and lying down it will take at least 10/15 minutes

From 15'' to 15 ' very large variation !

in my experience 15' seem me very short and I agree than a comlete exam (including also several questions, forr example : have you (or had have you previously)some problems with your breast, have you any pain of dischage, in wich part of menstrual cycle, do you take pill, have you a family story of breast (or ovarian or colo-rectal cancer ? ...) can spend more than 15'

I have had it vary from 1 min each boob to sometimes 8 mins for each boob. I do always get a nipple erection during the exam and find it exciting

My gynecologist as well as his two associates always spend at least two or maybe three minutes on each breast. I think I'm big,but not huge, 34D, and have had one pregnancy and breast feed my daughter.

I have breast implants so my exams are usually a little longer than 1 minute for each breast. My nipples get erect as well, which is exciting to me.

About 3-4 Minutes. It takes about 1 - 2 minutes for each breast.

That's a very short time. Even as a play doc, I take 10 to 15 min. for/on the breast exam. Visual, palpation, testing nipple sensitivity, nipple erection firmness, etc. Perhaps I may do a 'needle biopsy', with a thin (25 gauge) needle.

15s does seem short....Are they covering every area, you have to be very systematic and cover area...if they can do that in 15s, more power to them, but that does seem unusally short....usually takes at least 2-3 min per breast

I once had a doc who was so quick to check, he also only took a few seconds, maybe 20. I changed the office anyway and went to a female doctor afterwards and she was very thorough, took about 5 minutes and always asked, if anything hurt or felt weird. I kind of liked that, although she was a rather old lady, but cute. She even went over my nipples quickly and they became errect at once. I liked her...still, as I moved away, I had to find a new doc. :-(

He did each breast under 10 seconds each. 15 at the most.

Since I have 34DDDs, the doctors usually spend anywhere from 2 to 5 minutes on each breast. I have been in many different positions during a breast exam. The exams have been a soft caressing touch to a very rough squeezing like he was kneading bread or something. I feel that the harder squeezing was a better exam. The soft touching was nothing more than him fondling my breast.

I'd say my the different doctors I've gotten a breast exam from have spent a minute to a minute and a half on each breast, two minutes tops.

It takes about 30 seconds per breast during my wife's exams.

It's around 30 seconds per breast during my exams. Nothing spectacular.

Ladies, when you've had clinical breast exams performed at your doctor's office, have you ever felt that the doctor has not adequately examined them, perhaps out of a need for expediency or even discomfort by the doctor over the examination? If so, did you voice your concerns?

Absolutely. My gynecologists breast exams are extremely inadequate. I don't know if he feels that because I get a mammogram that he doesnt have to be that thorough or what - and this is absolutely NOT true because not ALL cancer is caught by mammography.

Mine seems to get ample time spent on her chest --- pun intended...

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Absolutely. My gynecologists breast exams are extremely inadequate. I don't know if he feels that because I get a mammogram that he doesnt have to be that thorough or what - and this is absolutely NOT true because not ALL cancer is caught by mammography.

[/quote]Have you raised your concerns with your doctor? Or perhaps fire him and get another?

Physical breast exams and mammograms and breast MRI are complementary. Some lesions may not be found on the images byt maybe palpable... a thorough breast exam may require inspection and palpation at several positions: A professional doctor will have a typical way to touch and palpate...some variations maybe found among doctors and only if a woman feels her breasts more caressed then really palpated there may be a suspicious of inappropriate conduct...

under palpating is unfortunately very common...

In partnership with your doctors examine, you could also do self examination on a regular basis

I believe the whole event will take no more than 5 minutes even with the most thorough examiners. I've factored the time it takes for the patient changing from a seated position to a reclined position.