Dermatologist... Full body skin exam

I went to the dermatologist to get a mole on my cheek checked out and she insisted on doing a full check of my body after determining the mole on my cheek was binin

Without warning she reached her hand to my panty strap and pulled it back to "peek"

It was slightly erotic and startling has this happened to anyone else?

How surprised were you when you realized there was more to the exam than you came for? it bet it was shocking to say the least.

Had my first full body exam from a dermatologist today. I was refered by my GP after dealing with a persistant rash. The dermatologist is female. So was the nurse who told me, "everything off, you can wear this robe." The doctor and nurse returned and started the exam. Eventuall the doctor asked me to remove the robe. This is my first time nude in front of two female medical types. After she checked from head to toe I was told to hold the robe in my lap while a third female came in to take closeup pictures of the rash on my legs, shoulders and back. There was a fourth female later who assisted in a biopsy, drew blood and administered an injection.

They all carried out their tasks with professionalism and efficency. Still, it was an embarrasing 35 minutes for me.

Yesterday I had my annual full body exam. I was excited for a couple of days before since I have to expose myself completly to my female dr. I'm 50 yr old male.

When the nurse led me to the exam room, she instructed me to undress but I could leave my boxers on. She didn't know that in anticipation of the visit I wasn't wearing underwear. She handed me the paper gown and told me to put it on with the opening in the back.

Now, last year the doctor had a nurse in the room as she examined me, so I was quite surprised when she walked in by herself. She is a middle age woman with very dark black long hair.

She had me lay on the table and immediatly started with my head as she worked her way down my body, checking arms, hands, chest and legs. She then 'informed' me she would be doing a genital check.

She was a professional. She just raised my penis and looked up and down the shaft for any abnormalities and the did a scrotum check.

Then she asked me to stand up as she wanted to examine my back and butt. When I got up the paper gown ripped, so I asked her if I could take if off completly. She said that she didn't mind, if I didn't. So I threw it in the garbage and I was standing there stark naked! I was very surprised when she said she saw a mole on my butt and that she was concerned so I should come back for a follow up in 3 months. Then she began to explain to me all about skin cancers and was asking about my family history as I'm standing there with nothing on! Truthfully, it was pretty exciting but due to high blood pressure i remained totally flaccid the entire time. After she finished explaining to me about what concerned her, she began to write a prescription for some cream she wanted my to put on. She said 'so... we'll see you in three months, right? Ok, you can get dressed now.

I can't wait for my next visit!

As I said a few weeks ago, I was due for my annual full-body skin exam. And as promised, here is how it went. I’ll apologize in advance because it’s a much longer account that I originally planned. But in any case, I hope you enjoy it. It’s all true and exactly the way it just happened.

I arrived a few minutes early and signed in. My dermatologist has a very small practice since it’s just her – no other doctors. So the waiting room had only one other person waiting to be seen. After just a few short minutes, the nurse poked her head out into the waiting room and called my name. I followed her down the short corridor to one of the exam rooms. All of the rooms are pretty much the same – they have an exam table with an angled top, so when you’re laying back, you’re not really flat on the table – you’re head is higher than your feet. They all have a bright light that is on a stand next to the exam table. And the counter top against the wall has a sink, a sharps container and several boxes of rubber gloves. They also have a can of whatever it is that they use to freeze off skin tags. The room also has one plastic chair in the corner of the room and a small rolling stool in front of the exam table.

I sat down in the chair while the nurse spent several minutes reviewing my current prescriptions, medical history, etc. She’s sitting on the little rolling stool while she’s asking me these questions. She spent a few more minutes reminding me of sun dangers on my skin, the need for a facial lotion with an SPF and that sort of thing. I immediately recognized the nurse as one of the ones that I’ve seen before. I’ve been seeing this dermatologist for several years now and she has 2 or 3 nurses that seem to have been with her for years. This particular nurse was probably the oldest of the bunch, probably a few years old than me (and I’m in my late 40’s). She’s not particularly attractive, but she’s friendly enough.

After reviewing my current condition, she confirms that I’m here for my annual full body exam. Since I’ve been having this done for several years now, I know what this means – but she informs me that the doctor will need to take a look at all of my skin (or words to that effect). I suppose that’s her standard warning to new patients to prepare them for what’s to come. She tells me to “take everything off” and that I can “leave my shorts on if I want” as she retrieves a paper drape from under table and places it (still folded) on the exam table. “Here’s a drape that you can use to cover yourself” she says. As I stand up and begin to undress she leaves the room saying “we’ll be back in just a few minutes”. I know from previous visits that “we’ll” really means that she will be returning with the doctor.

I quickly strip down, removing everything including my boxer briefs and placing everything on the plastic chair. It was nice of her to give me the option to leave my shorts on, but I don’t bother with that. I realize that the doctor will need to see every inch of me sooner or later, so I’m actually more comfortable removing everything right from the start. I detest strip-as-you-go exams. Now completely nude, including my socks and even my watch, I have a seat on the edge of the exam table. I contemplate my options for a few seconds. Should I put the paper drape over my lap to cover myself? Should I leave it folded or open it up? Or should I sit there without any covering at all? As I’m sitting there I realize that I’m directly facing the door. I like the idea of sitting there without any covering at all, but I’m really afraid of the possible shock of seeing me like that when they first open the door. So I decide to cover my lap with the drape, but to leave it folded. It doesn’t cover much, but I figure it will be less of a shock this way. And it might not be quiet so obvious that I’m enjoying the exam.

After a short minute or two, I hear a quiet knock on the door and it opens. My doctor enters, followed by the nurse. My doctor is probably a couple of years younger than I am and she’s wearing a traditional white doctor’s jacket. She’s attractive to look at, but I wouldn’t say that she was drop-dead gorgeous. But she seems to have a great personality and is very easy to talk with. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, she gets right to work and begins her examination. She is directly in front of me and her nurse is right behind her.

My doctor begins by taking my right hand in hers and examining it along with my entire right arm. As she reaches for my arm, I decide that it’s now time to get rid of the drape. I figure that they have now safely entered the exam room and there’s no chance of someone accidently seeing something as they pass by an open doorway. So I lift up the drape with my left hand and place it behind me on the exam table in one swift motion. I’m now completely exposed, sitting on the edge of the exam table with my legs spread slightly apart and my doctor is just a few feet in front of me. The removal of the drape doesn’t seem to bother her at all – she really doesn’t miss a beat and continues to examine my right arm followed by the same type of exam on my left.

Next she examines the top part of my chest, and the area around my neck and shoulders – still from the front. She moves to the side of the exam table and looks at the back of my neck, shoulders and upper back. As she does, I realize that the nurse now has an unobstructed view of me and that she is directly in front of me. She has my chart in her hand and she occasionally writes something in it when directed to by the doctor. She isn’t exactly staring at me (or my exposed genitals) but she isn’t looking away or turning her back either. She can obviously see any part of me that interests her – and that’s ok with me.

The doctor next directs me to lie down so she can take a look at my legs and feet. As I comply, she pulls out the shelf at the end of the table. It’s difficult to really describe how she examines me now since she seems to do it very quickly. I can see that she visually scans parts of my chest and abdomen, before she quickly moves to my legs and feet. My middle section including my genitals is skipped for now – even though I’m completely uncovered and everything is visible. Each leg is examined all the way from the hip down to my toes. As she examines each leg, she lifts it up slightly to get a better view of the sides and possibly the back side. She also examines the bottom of my feet. As she’s examining me, she’s constantly making small talk – she’s good at that. That’s possibly why I’m having a hard time remembering every last detail of the exam since she tends to distract me with her small talk.

After a short minute or two examining my legs, she pushes in the shelf at the foot of the exam table and asks me to stand up – facing the door. It just so happens that facing the door also means facing the nurse who is still not shy about looking at me. As I’m getting off the table, my doctor is putting on a pair of exam gloves. Up until this point, the exam has been done bare-handed. I face the door with my hands at my sides as she sits down in front of my on the little rolling stool. The nurse is basically standing over her shoulder looking at me.

My doctor now begins her exam of that middle section of my body that she previously skipped. She runs her hands over what’s left of my pubic hair – I keep it very closely trimmed but there’s still a small amount of hair left. She then lifts my circumcised penis and examines it – looking at all sides and underneath. She doesn’t really try to get me hard, but she does tend to stretch it just a bit. I don’t know if that’s intentional, but that’s what it feels like. As she’s doing this, I start to get just a little bit hard – not fully engorged, point at the ceiling kind of hard, but definitely thicker and a little longer. She then turns her attention to my scrotum. I won’t say that she examines my testicles, since her concern is only the skin that contains them. She lifts and pulls the skin, gently pulling it tighter between her hands to stretch the skin. I’m assuming that makes it easier for her to spot anything wrong. While she’s sitting in front of my genitals, she also takes the opportunity to examine my inner thighs.

Satisfied that she has thoroughly checked my genital area, she asks me to turn around and face away from her. She’s still sitting on the little stool so I’m assuming that she now has my ass in her face. I can feel her hands running over parts of my rear end. At one point, I feel her parting my butt cheeks to have a better look at the skin between them. In previous years, she’s had me bend over slightly so she could get a better look. This year she didn’t do that – I just stood with my ass to her for a minute or so.

She now stands up from the stool and places the until-now-unused paper drape on it. She directs me to sit down on the stool – facing toward the door – which is once again facing the nurse. I’m now even closer to the nurse, sitting nude on a small rolling stool in front of her with my legs apart. My doctor begins the final part of her examination – my head. She runs her hands through my hair to look at my scalp. She also takes a look at my ears.

After a few more moments, the exam is basically over. She tells me that this year, there are no suspicious moles that they need to worry about – or remove. But there were a few times that they did record the size and position of a mole.

They tell me to schedule another exam in 6 months for just the sun-exposed areas and another one in a year to look at everything. They say their goodbyes as they close the door behind them. Of course, I’m still completely nude, so I’m a bit glad that there wasn’t anyone in the hallway outside the door when they opened it. I get dressed, make my appointments and leave.

That long description is exactly what should happen in a complete dermatology exam. I have had 2, both by female doctors and both were reluctant to look at anything except my face, arms and shoulder area. This was after she lectured on how skin cancers can show up anywhere on the body even if that area had never been exposed to sun. Go figure!

My wife & I had a co-appt at a dermatologist once last year. We both came down with this strange rash all over our bodies that we couldn't figure out, so we went to the local 'doc-in-a-box' (my term for a walk-in). We were brought to the same exam room at the same time. The on call guy was stumped so he sent us directly to a dermatologist (female). We were again brought into the same exam room and told to don the gowns, but we could leave underwear on.

A male student came in first while we were waiting & asked if it was OK if he check us over a bit. We both said, "Sure, that's kinda why we're here..." He looked over our arms & a few other non-intimate areas. When the dermatologist arrived, she began with our faces/necks and worked her way down. I was first. I was seated, wearing the gown & boxers. She slid down the parts of the gown as she needed to in order to see what she wanted to, but she left the parts of us covered that weren't being checked.

After the arms/chest/stomach, she moved on to my legs/feet and then had my lie on my stomach. She opened the gown and looked over my back and the back of my legs. After the legs I felt her lift up the bottom of my boxers to 'peek' at the lower half of my buttocks. She did this on either side and then she slid her fingers under the waistband, lifted up towards the ceiling and pulled the boxers down about 3/4 of the way. While she was peeking in, she asked, "Is there anything on your penis?" I replied, "Not that I've seen - it seems to be the only place that was spared." As a result, she never examined my genitals.

My wife later said it was cute when she saw my bummie being checked. I wonder what her response would've been if she had 'flipped me over' to check my front half... She (my wife) was examined in the same way with the exception of her having to undo her bra...still with the male student in the room.

Oh yeah, in the end, the dermatologist couldn't figure us out either..so she sent us home with a script for the itching & told us to try Sarna. Sarna worked GREAT, by the way...very expensive, but it works well. The pills made us so drowsy, we never took them again. They were tiny, dark green things..don't remember the name.... The rash cleared itself up after almost a week.

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hey johnson have you ever elected to keep your shorts on and if so did the dr. romove them or did you ?

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Yes, in the past I wouldn't necessarily start out nude -- I would keep my underwear on until it was necessary to remove everything. But I quickly became more comfortable with undressing completely from the start, so wearing underwear for the dermo really didn't last long.

From what I can remember, I always ended up pulling down my underwear myself -- either standing up and pulling it down to my knees or stepping out of it completely. I don't ever remember my current dermo, or any of the previous ones that I've had, pulling down my underwear herself.

In case you're interested, as far as type of underwear goes, I've worn loose boxers, boxer briefs, even a jockstrap once or twice -- it always ended up coming off.

My dermatologist (a male in his 50's) does do very thorough skin exams. He has me wear the gown and did examine my penis last time as he thought I might have a mole there. His nurse is always in the room, although she is generally facing the other direction, filling out paper work.

I have my first derm appointment tomorrow. I was referred to her from my pcp. I don t know what to expect on the first appointment. I have a few plantars warts on my foot...but I wonder if she will want to do a full body exam. She has only been out of school for 10 years...really cute!

I got the whole exam. She moved really fast! A little cute thing...only about 5'2"...little italian dr...about 30.

I thought that I was just going to get an rx for plantars warts. nope! the nurse started laying out scalpels and before I knew it...they were being used on my foot. Then the cute dr froze them! They hurt like crazy!

When I wrestled in Jr and Sr High you could wear more if you were trying to wrestle above your weight class but in general the maximum that was allowed for weigh-ins was a jock strap (not even regular underpants or boxers were allowed) and for big state meets it was nude.

My wife has had several full body skin exam due to skin problems and I really enjoy going with her to the Dr.s. Usually she is covered only in a paper gown and the Dr.s have always respected her modesty but I do find it highly erotic to watch them look and fondle her gorgeous breasts and they check her chest and breast area.

Had a skin check once by a female dr., but left on my shorts and briefs. She asked me to pull down the shorts, I am not sure if she actually expected me to get naked, but she just had a quick look with me in briefs and that was it.

Love female dermatologists. I one time went to three different doctors in one day just to feel the excitement of being examined

I have had female dermatologists exclusively for about 12 or 15 years now. Five of them. From them I have had fully nude exams, partially nude exams and partially nude exams with a female chaperone for when she examined my genitals. In other words, the gamut. I even had one who never looked at any part of my clothed body but spent the entire time trying to figure out her computer! (Needless to say I ditched her.)

I've had skin cancer twice (SCC) so I get a lot of exams -- three or four a year. The one thing I can say about nudity is that the more naked I was the more efficient the exam, and to a remarkable degree. The MD who uses the chaperone talked at length about how difficult it was to control medical costs, then slowed down the whole procedure to get a nurse to be the chaperone (the nurses meanwhile seem embarrassed, understandably, to be called in just to see some patient's genitals, so I get the impression they make themselves scarce when they know that is coming). So the chaperone bit adds at least 5 minutes to the whole procedure. But the woman who spent the entire time on her computer took the longest of all -- at least 25 minutes -- and never looked at any part of my body that required undressing -- just a brief glance at my face and hands.

So if my experience is any guide, the amount of time you stay dressed or draped is inversely proportional to the efficiency of the work. Which, when you think about it, makes sense.

Re the intimate portion of the derm exam: I had a severley atypical mole removedfrom my groind at the crease of my thigh a few years back. Yes, they need to do it. You can get those suckers anywhere (and yes, the experience was hot even though I'm het and it was a mae doc. He was actually slightly inappropriate in a couple of his comments and actions which both disturbed me and - have to admit - excited me a little. I did change docs after though.)

GP advised me to have a mole checked out by dermotologist. I made the appt., was sure to get a female doc and am scheduled for Aug. I can hardly wait. I am sure she will do a full body check....i have lots of moles and they are everywhere and i mean everywhere! I will report back later this summer.

If I were you and had any skin tags, I would ask that she remove them, especially any in your groin or armpits. If there are a lot of them this will be a long procedure, possibly even justifying an additional session. And they can be irritating, so having them removed is a commonly requested procedure.

If all you have is moles, you may be surprised at how quickly it will go. If you look at skin all day, as dermatologists do, you would be surprised at how quickly one can separate the wheat from the chaff.

I have an exam scheduled next month with a dermatologist for a “full body” exam. I have seen postings that for a dermatological exam the DR looks “everywhere”. What I would like to know is how much of “everywhere” are both females and males inspected / examined.

For those females and males that have actually had a “full body” dermatological exam, or know specific details of others, possibly you can answer the following:

Does the DR part the butt cheeks to look in-between and at your anus?

For a female being examined, does the DR closely examine the outer labia and separate them to look in the vulva? Does the DR also lift and look under the breasts?

For males, does the DR closely look all around the penis and underneath the scrotum?

How were you examined – laying on a table or standing?

Was / is a nurse chaperone present during the exam?

Was anyone fully nude (no gown) for their exam?

Any other aspects of the exam or procedures that I should be aware of prior to my exam?

Thank you in advance for your open responses.

Interestingly, I just had a full body exam followup two days ago. When I came to the room I was told by the nurse to take off everything but underpants and put on a paper gown and wait for the doc. A few minutes later, the doctor entered. She is VERY professional. She began by examining my fingers and arms looking and feeling for any abnormalities. The she did my head, face ears neck etc. She then tore the gown and began to examine my chest and abdomen areas. She then proceeded to look at my legs and feet and between all toes. At that point, she lifted the bottom of the gown up and said that she was going to examine my genitals so I should please pull down my shorts. She very carefully looked up and down my shaft and my scrotum. She found a small 'spot' under my scrotum and was surprised that there was something there. You see last time she found a 'spot' on my butt and wanted to know how it could have gotten there. She wanted to know if I sunbathe in the nude. I don't. She removed the spot then and now wanted to see if it grew back. It didn't. But the she found this second spot under my scrotum, she was baffled. She examined all over my scrotum and penis looking for anything else and didn't see anything. However, she was unable to remove this spot at this appointment. She told me to come back next week and and she would take care of it.

I have to admit that it was pretty exciting for a female to be touching and examining me on my penis and balls. Probably due to slight high blood pressure I remained flaccid and I as said before she was VERYprofessional.

By the way after the exam she was explaining to me all about melanoma and skin cancers as I am standind there stark naked! When she finished she said I will see you in a couple of weeks, you can get dressed now.

I hope I answered your questions.

I have a full body check by the skin dr. annually and it includes the genital and anal areas with me pulling the checks apart.

When I asked the nurse about a gown while disrobing she said I didn't need one because "you're going to have to be totally naked anyway."

My internist and colon therapist also like me in my birthday suit.

I call bluff eman.. no offense, but most doctors offices protect the modesty of their patients. whether or not they are going to be totally naked.

Amen to that Phoebe! Doctors may be accustomed to seeing nude bodies, but that's not what they're in practice for. My GP (bless his heart) is about two years older than dirt, and when he examines me, I swear he's more embarrassed about it than I am. His son, who is my internist, is the same way, perhaps it's a family thing.

The description of the full body exam is accurate. Face it folks, if you're going to a dermatologist, you're going for a skin problem. The skin is the largest organ of the body, and it's literally what keeps us together. If you're having a skin issue, of course they're going to go over you with a fine-toothed comb. Anywhere (and everywhere) you have skin is where they want to look. Precancerous lesions can hide most everywhere, even where the sun don't shine!

Play On!

LadyDoc

I have had many of these exams. I was examined both laying down and standing. There was a female nurse in the room which was interesting, but she was looking away the whole time filling out paper work. I had a gown also. The doctor (male) did a pretty thorough exam, he did part my butt cheeks to check for moles and he did actually look at my penis and testicles, although he didn't really examine them.

Pheobe, ladydocisin: I did find the situation at the dermatologist unusual because I was used to being gowned at other medical exams. BTW, the nurse left the room before I stripped.

I have had one full body skin exam. It was with a physician's assistant and not the dermatologist. I was taken back to the exam room by a nurse who asked if I was there for a full skin exam. When I said, "yes," she pulled a cloth exam gown out of a drawer and laid it on the desk. She told me to completely undress and put on the gown and then she left the room. It was clear that I was to take off my underwear too. I stripped completely and put on the exam gown and sat on the exam table. I waited for awhile before the physician assistant came in. She started the exam by checking my face and head. Then she pulled the gown down off of each of my shoulders and check my shoulders, neck, and chest. She next had me lay on my back while she checked my front from my neck to my waist and then she covered that part up while she pulled my gown up to check my legs. She next had me roll over on my stomach while she opened the gown in the back and viewed my backside completely from my head to my toes. She parted my buttocks slightly but did not do anything else in that area. She then closed up my gown and had me roll back over onto my back. She pulled the gown up to expose my penis and testicles but did not touch them. She announced that the exam was over and she had not found anything. She told me that I could get dressed and then she left the exam room.

The last time I went to the dermatologist I went to get a mole removed that I've had since birth on my arm.

The doctor had me remove my shirt to look at it and asked me a few questions, then he had me drop my pants but keep my boxers on. I stood on a little stool and faced away from him, then towards him. When I faced towards him he pulled the elastics of my boxers away from my body and gave a quick look down at my genitals, but did not pull the boxers down.

I was very confused why he didn't do a full body exam after the fact, but at the time I wasn't really expecting one since I was there for a simple removal.

I wrestled in junior high and high school. For weigh-ins and skin checks in junior high, we were required to wear only a jockstrap. Beginning in high school, some boys continue to wear their jocks for weigh-ins and skin checks but by our sophomore year most guys were going bare for both. I remember starting out that year for the early tournaments wearing a jockstrap only but more guys were going bare by mid-season. I stopped wearing a jock too but, like most guys, I was still worried about popping a boner in line for the skin checks and weigh-ins. Never did but we saw some boys who had that problem and it was embarrassing. Since we sometimes weighed-in with the other teams in the same line, there was some taunting if you wore a jock and that team as a whole did not. I think that those team coaches told their guys to pick on something to try to psych us out before the matches.

Our coaches were fanatical about making weight (for good reason) and if you did not make weight and had been wearing a jockstrap then you were required to go bare for the rest of the tournament and practice weigh-ins. By then, no one wore a jock for weigh-ins and skin checks when we were juniors and seniors. Not sure why the big change except for peer pressure, I guess. We still wore jockstraps under our singlets and for every other sports so it had nothing to do with what we were wearing. The officials in high school didn't seem to care one way or another but the occasional doctor who was doing a skin check would make us drop our jocks to make sure that we did not have any problems around our waists or in our crotch area covered by the pouch.

A skin check was usually just a quick turn-around in front of an official or a volunteer doctor. I remember only one doctor who took his time and had us drop our jocks, lift our arms, and turn around slowly for the skin check. Each guy had his jock around his ankles, arms straight up in the air, and shuffled slowly around in a circle for the doc to give him a good look. This was right after getting off the scale.

I went to see the dermatologist that is in the medical practice with my internist.

I had a small area on my face that I was worried about. The nurse had me undress to everything but my boxers and put on the paper gown. She said the Dr need examine all of me so she could do a body map.

Well Dr. C turned out to be one very hot lady. The face thing was nothing major. She stated checking out out my whole body from the top.

But when she got to my boxeds she just asked me if I had any problems in the genital area. When I said no, she moved on to my legs. I was disappointed as I was looking forward to the whole standing there nude in front of her and her nurse.