Dermatologist... Full body skin exam

I certainly feel your pain, Roscoe! It seems as though our overall healthcare industry has really gone South as for as patient care over the last decade or two! Patent care is a thing of the past more than not these days!!

I went for my appointment and they didn't have me on their schedule. I gave her the card they gave me last year and she went out back. When she came back she said Heidi was already running behind and something about her taking a month off. She did give me an appointment on Friday with a different provider -- Doctor V. I hope she does better than Doctor H. I guess that nasty phone call got to Doctor H but she could have at least told me she didn't want to see me again.

Well, I'll see how Doctor V does.

If they don't do FSBEs they could have told me so I can go somewhere else. We have a new dermatology clinic in town that opened this year.[/quote]

@roscoe I hope Doctor V does a true FBSE and I am looking forward to your post.

Please do not name your doctors on Zity or post links to them for their website pages. Thank you.

I edited some posts to take names out. I took down a few posts too.

@roscoe Good luck tomorrow.

Wow, so many different experiences! I have no idea what my dermatological exam will be like... very curious. Mostly, cause of my pale skin, I'll be happy to have a clean bill of health.

@roscoe Good luck tomorrow.

I think I found a four leaf clover.

Wow, so many different experiences! I have no idea what my dermatological exam will be like... very curious. Mostly, cause of my pale skin, I'll be happy to have a clean bill of health.

What a difference 2 days make. I was planning to ask if I was going about this wrong they made me feel so unwelcome before. Today the receptionist was really friendly. The assistant led me to the exam room and told me to take off everything but my underpants and sit on the exam table. The dermatologist came in with the assistant and another girl who was just there to watch. Between my poor hearing and poor memory I can't tell you any more about #3. She asked if I had any particular concerns, I said no I just thought someone my age should be getting checked, she agreed. She started at my head and went down to my feet, touching and looking very closely. She didn't check inside my underpants, but this WAS our first date. Only teen aged girls go for whats inside the underpants as soon as they can get their hand in there. It took my PCP 10 years before she was willing to look inside my underpants. Instead of my original plan to tell them where the bear shits in the woods I have another appointment for next year. I am absolutely elated!!!!

@roscoe Way to go! I'm happy for you.

I have my biannual full body skin exam coming up in 2 weeks. Will let you know if there are any variations from last exam.

Today I had the most through skin check of my life! I had my panties on under the gown and she comes and starts with my scalp. She then had me last down on the table and then raised it up, then turned the big lights on over head. After checking my face, she pulls down my gown and reveals half of my breasts, then pulls the gown back up. She then pulls the gown up from the bottom exposing my legs and panties and abdomen, she creeps the gown up a little further and I'm starting to feel the cold air on my nips. She then brings the gown completely over my breasts and starts using her other hand to move my breasts around to check them out. I couldn't belive how long it was, it was almost like a breast exam itself, she was handling them so much. She then says to me: "I have to peek at you down there, can you do the frog legs for me". I just nodded my head and did the frog legs. She pulls my panties to the side with her glove hands and then Manipulated my labia folds , and a little bit if my anus got a touch. She then told me to flip over and she checked my back and then I felt this cold on my butt. She pulled down my underware and opened up my butt cheeks, once on the top by my anus, and then she put her fingers between my legs and opened up the vaginal/peritoneal area to peek at. She then told me I was done.

I have been getting off on it several times now.

... I'm starting to feel the cold air on my nips... starts using her other hand to move my breasts around to check them out... it was almost like a breast exam itself, she was handling them so much... She pulls my panties to the side with her glove hands and then Manipulated my labia folds , and a little bit if my anus got a touch... She pulled down my underware and opened up my butt cheeks, once on the top by my anus, and then she put her fingers between my legs and opened up the vaginal/peritoneal area to peek at...

I have been getting off on it several times now.

@Examlover1 That was a hot post! I have a feeling you're not the only zity member that'll be getting off thinking about that experience! 😉

My regular medical doctor does my skin exam. he has already cut off problems on my face and shoulder. he does two things during the exam he has me take off all my clothes then lay down on the exam table on my back and he goes over my front from head to toe then he has me flip over and he goes over my back from head to toes, after that since i am on the table he has me get on my knees and elbows and does a prostate exam, then i am done for another year.

I had my biannual TBSE and here is a recap.

I was escorted into the exam room by Stef, Dr G's medical assistant. I was hoping the gown was on the exam table so I could start undressing while she asked the standard pre-exam health questions, but no gown. So at the end of the questioning, Stef says, "Everything off except underpants and (she reaches into the draw) here's the gown." She leaves and I quickly undress to my boxers and leave the gown on the table, as always.

A minute or two later, Dr G enters and as I sit in the exam chair, she inspects from the top of my head to my waist, then my feet and front of my legs. She asks me to stand so she can check the back of my legs. I stand and remove my boxers as she sits on a stool behind me. I feel her fingers separate my buttocks then Dr G asks me to turn and face her for the genital exam.

Once finished, she usually says, "You can cover up now.", but she didn't this time. She stood up and explained why she should remove the mole on my back. Dr G said she would send Stef in to get set up for the procedure. Then she promised to return in a few minutes and left the room. I was nude the entire time.

I put my boxers on and waited for Stef. The procedure was done, I dressed and left.

... and I quickly undress to my boxers...

I'm reading this, and of course I'm going, "boxers? When are you gonna graduate to more exposure like a jockstrap?"

But then as I keep reading, I see, you get to take those boxers OFF. So you're makin out better anyway because you get a genital exam, something I've NEVER gotten at the dermatologist.

I have a dermatologist appointment on Wednesday for a full body exam by a CNP. I'll be seeing her for the first time, and I hope she's thorough.

I have a dermatologist appointment on Wednesday for a full body exam by a CNP. I'll be seeing her for the first time, and I hope she's thorough.

Nurse practitioners tend to be more analytical about things, and therefore more thorough than their doctor counterparts.

I have a dermatologist appointment on Wednesday for a full body exam by a CNP. I'll be seeing her for the first time, and I hope she's thorough.

I had a full body skin check done by a nurse a while back and it was thorough. She checked everywhere, including the genital region at the end of the exam. If I remember, she said something along the lines of “I’m going to check down there for any lesions, can you lower your underwear?” grabbed a pair of gloves and did the exam.

I've been having skin exams once a year (or so) now for awhile and by several doctors. They vary quite a bit in how thorough they are. Some have me remove everything and put on a gown, check my genitals and between my cheeks, and others have me leave my underwear on and just quickly lift them and look. Tbh, most skin cancers occur where people don't wear clothes, so since I don't go to canceramas (tanning booth), what's under my underwear isn't as important, except for some issues, which turned out to be 'inverse psoriasis.'

I will say, most of the issues are ones I find and ask the dr. about. That's concerning since there's much of my body I don't see. I was also disappointed this last time that the dr. didn't see I had athlete's foot. I already knew that and had medicine for it, so I didn't say anything, just to see if he'd notice. Between the toes is one of the places they're supposed to check, since it can be exposed to the sun if you're sunbathing, and people don't generally check there themselves.

I had a full body skin exam 2 days ago. The doc was a very pleasant middle-aged lady and the medical assistant was very young and pretty. The medical assistant told me to remove all my clothes except for my underpants and that the doctor would pull them down at the appropriate moment. After she left the room I waited about 5 minutes in a paper sheet, she came back in along with the doctor. The young medical assistant observed the entire examination and took notes on the computer. This is a small town and I will probably see both of them outside of the medical context.

The doc started my exam on the top of my head and worked her way down the entire front of my body with my underwear on. Then she had me turn around and examined my back and the back of my legs and arms. Then she had me drop my underwear and bend over. She spread my cheeks to examine my anus. She did not examine my genitalia. I sat down, once again covering with the paper sheet. She did not finding anything that need to be treated except a spot on my face which she froze with canned refrigerant. She made some recommendations about sunscreen and treating the thin skin on my arms. I made a future appointment to remove some cholesterol deposits on an eyelid.

The exam room had been used by an eye, ears and throat specialist and contained a chair rather than an exam table. I would have preferred an exam table.

I had a full body skin exam 2 days ago. The doc was a very pleasant middle-aged lady and the medical assistant was very young and pretty. The medical assistant told me to remove all my clothes except for my underpants and that the doctor would pull them down at the appropriate moment. After she left the room I waited about 5 minutes in a paper sheet, she came back in along with the doctor. The young medical assistant observed the entire examination and took notes on the computer. This is a small town and I will probably see both of them outside of the medical context.

The doc started my exam on the top of my head and worked her way down the entire front of my body with my underwear on. Then she had me turn around and examined my back and the back of my legs and arms. Then she had me drop my underwear and bend over. She spread my cheeks to examine my anus. She did not examine my genitalia. I sat down, once again covering with the paper sheet. She did not finding anything that need to be treated except a spot on my face which she froze with canned refrigerant. She made some recommendations about sunscreen and treating the thin skin on my arms. I made a future appointment to remove some cholesterol deposits on an eyelid.

The exam room had been used by an eye, ears and throat specialist and contained a chair rather than an exam table. I would have preferred an exam table.

I know I should have a full body skin exam but it makes me nervous to literally be under a magnifying glass. Also, don’t they cut off anything suspicious? How often do they cut off something that’s perfectly healthy, just looks funny that day? If you’re looking for a problem you usually can find one. I just don’t want a road map of scars if they’re not absolutely necessary.

My dermatologist usually does any removals during a later appointment and always asks if I am in agreement. Nor have I ever had a scar after a removal. I don't think that is much to worry about in routine cases.

If something looks suspicious but the dermatologist isn't certain, mine usually takes a biopsy first and awaits the results. So, really, no unnecessary cutting.

I was at the derm for something totally unrelated, and she saw my birth mark on my arm. It’s a little bit raised on the back of my arm, visible in a tank top. She wanted to remove it, I said no, then she insisted on taking a biopsy of it, I also said no.

Just saying that a biopsy is no big deal. Just a needle sucking a bit of tissue in for a sample. Doesn't leave a scar.

I had a lung removed because of a benign cancer, from a stem cell cancer (teratoma) which I apparently already had since in the womb. Never had a days trouble from it, felt nothing at all, until 31 years later.

The medical assistant told me ....that the doctor would pull them down at the appropriate moment. .

This particularly hit me, as part of my medfet is being stripped / clothing manipulated by a doctor. The assistant telling you this is arousing on different levels. Her saying it is knowing the concept is on her mind, that the doctor will manipulate your underpants and expose you to her. Plus it also lets the you the patient know what you can anticipate happening to you. And that the doctor plans to take on that dominant role in stripping and exposing the innocent patient, and instructing an assistant to convey that to you.

(Then later when i read that she had you drop them instead was anticlimactic, but just the idea of someone telling you beforehand is enough to trigger all these thoughts)

I'm glad to see that experiences are as varied as I've read.

I've been going to the same derm for a couple years (though she left and another female derm has taken her place at my practice, whom I will be seeing in a little over a month) and have been very satisfied with my care, though I've never had the genital part of the exam performed, probably because I don't have anything concerning on my groin.

For me, I don't typically wear underwear, so when they tell me to strip down it's always to nothing underneath the gown, and my derm has had no issue with that. We go through the usual motions of the check, but it's thrilling as my coverage gets smaller and smaller. She has never had me re-cover myself after the torso portion, and as she's checking my legs she just undrapes the gown from me. All the meanwhile the only thing covering my cock is the gown, which thankfully hasn't popped into a full stiffy yet (but has definitely engorged a bit due to the anticipation of touch).

The most intimate part to this point, though, has been a bump I've had on my right butt cheek, just inside the crease. It was embarrassing the first time i had her look, but she was nothing but professional. The next time she looked at it, we were removing it, so I wound up being face-down-ass-up on the exam bed, her spreading my ass and staring my chocolate starfish right in the face, which was so embarrassing but thrilling at the same time. To my luck(?) there was still remnants of the bump the next time I went back (and still are tbh) so we did another removal, this time from a side position with my leg lifted, but with her still manipulating my cheeks.

We'll see how thorough this new derm is, but reviews are positive so I'm hopeful it all goes well.

At 75 I just had my first full body skin exam 2 days ago. The APRN was young and quite nice looking. They gave me the typical backless paper "gown" and said to leave my under ware on (if I preferred?). There was another woman in the room as well, an assistant to write down anything the nurse called out. She used something thin to slide all around my scalp lifting the hair in sections - that actually felt quite nice. She lifted up the loose legs of my boxers front and back and looked inside asking if I had anything in my genital area and I said no. She also pulled down the rear waistband of my boxers about 2/3 and looked but didn't really touch or part my cheeks. I ended up having about 6-7 spots that she sprayed with a freezing substance. It didn't feel cold enough to actually freeze anything - only about as chill as alcohol if you blow on it. So overall totally uneventful (sigh) - next appointment in a year.

Stiknclikit: That was liquid nitrogen they were likely using to freeze suspicious spots on your skin. Maybe it didn't feel too cold, but the spots will turn black and eventually fall off.

Funny on my last exam each "spray" was a $75.00 charge. When I was still working 12 years ago we bought it for $8.00/quart at an industrial supply business. We used it to help assemble gas turbine engine parts that were interference fits with each other ( one part frozen-the other part heated...).

Funny on my last exam each "spray" was a $75.00 charge.

That's quite a price. I've had a few things on my body and face removed by the dermatologist and no matter how many she removed, the total price was something like 32 euro.

Agracier: Welcome to health care "American' style.......

Agracier: Welcome to health care "American' style.......

Fortunately, my insurance covers biopsies and removals. Only had a couple of skin biopsies but no out of pocket cost to me.

I just had to say, thank you for teaching me what a chocolate starfish is 😂. I feel like that’s a Limp Bizkit song I’m figuring out 25 years after the joke.

LOL! Glad to enlighten you on that wonderful term.

Seriously though. It's a different level of awkwardly intimate positioning when your doc is staring you right in the ass. And that's why I always shower just before my exams, just in case.

Since I've last posted, I've had two more full body skin exams. How time flies! This first one was at a new practice, with my primary reason for going being the appearance of a black spot on the bottom of my heel. I went in to the office, anxious as normal, and checked in. After being called back, I had some history taken and was given a cloth gown. I was told to undress but i could leave my underwear on. I remember the nurse specifically pointing to my shoes and mentioning to take them off as well. Well, i got undressed, taking everything off to ensure i got the most bang for my buck and put the gown on with the straps untied. The doctor eventually came back after I snapped some spicy pics of myself and did a fairly brisk exam. She ended up doing a biopsy on my foot, with the spot being a peculiarly long lasting blood blister (due to me having walked barefoot on gravel a bit before - different story). So everything was good!

Well, a year passed and I was due for another exam. I forgot if i had even scheduled another one, but then i got a fateful text asking to confirm/cancel my appointment. To make things more interesting, it was also on my birthday. I secretly hoped the nurse would tell me to get into my "birthday suit" prior to today exam outright. Eventually the day came, and I went to the exam much the same as I did before. I was once more told to undress, but this time I was told to "leave my underwear on." Well... i still took them off, seeing as how there wasn't an issue with it last year. I also elected to tie all of the straps in the back of the gown shut to see how my dermatologist would approach them, whether she would undo them or ask me to undo them. I sat waiting for a long while, in just the gown with my bare feet dangling off the wood floor, before she came back in. The exam was very brief, even briefer than last year, but the single highlight was her undoing both ties on my gown without a word. Definitely made me feel excited, lol. Unfortunately it was still very short, and she didn't even look at my feet, but I still felt pretty satisfied overall. I got dressed and scheduled another exam, so we'll see how that goes when the day comes!