Dermatologist... Full body skin exam

Many physicians nowadays find it more important to bahave politically correct than do a good job. In addition they often try to do as many patients as possible each day adn minmalize the job to cash in the most possible momney.

But there is one exeption, that is when a patient is under ansethesia. In those case they do things often not told about afterwards and beforehand.

I would advice you just to fire that doctor.

I have had two dermatologist exams by female dermatolgists. Both times, the nurse took me back to the exam room and went over my history. Then the nurse pulled out a cloth exam gown and told me to "undress completely and put on this gown with the open part in the back." Once the nurse left the room, I stripped completely and put on the gown and sat on the exam table. After a few minutes, the dermatologist came in and asked a few questions about moles and any spots that I was concerned with. This dermatologist started with my back, which meant that my back and bottom were exposed while I sat on the table. That dermatologist had me stand with my back to her while she looked at me from head to toe with the back of my gown open. She then had me turn around and lift my gown so she she could look at the front of my legs and my penis and balls.

The other dermatologist started with my face and arms. She had me lay on my back while she examined my chest and then my legs and feet. Then she had me turn over on my stomach while she opened my gown in the back and checked me out from neck to my feet. She spread my buttocks very quickly for a look. I then had to turn over while she lifted my gown from the bottom to my stomach and she checked my penis and balls.

My other dermatologist exams have been by male doctors and were done differently than these.

A few years ago I had a rash on my penis that would not go away. My primary care doctor admitted the case was beyond his skill and sent me to a female dermatologist. I don't know why. Of course she examined me, very professionally but still with my pants and underwear off. It didn't bother me too much and I'd like to go back to her sometime, maybe for a complete skin exam.

I was sent to a derm doc to take a look at some skin tags on my arm. I was surprised when the nurse asked me to remove my clothing and put on a paper gown. Boy do I hate paper gowns! She left the room and I started to get undressed and wondered if my underwear should be removed as well. I heard her say 'remove clothing' and I felt underwear was considered clothing. I put on that stupid paper gown and as soon as I sat down in walks the doctor. He asks why I am there and I tell him my GP sent me because of some skin tags under my arm. He says to remove the gown so he can get a closer look of my arm and shoulder area. I removed the gown and was now naked. He says people usually drop the gown into their lap and most patients wear underwear. But he goes on and examines my arms and shoulder area anyway. Then the door opens without any knocking and in walks the nurse. She doesn't say anything and proceeds to the corner of the counter and starts writing in my record file.

There I am naked. The doctor says he will remove the skin tags because they look irritated and bothering my skin. The nurse prepares the equipment and moves around the office like a stealth cat. Once done the derm doc asks if there are any other problems or concerns I have. I said not really. He say he always offers all patients a full body skin exam to check for skin cancers and other skin problems. If I don't mind he will start one now.

He goes over my entire body and occasionally blurts out some things the nurse writes down. He gets to my chest area and the door opens, again without knocking. There is another woman in the door saying the doctor has the call he was awaiting on hold in his office. He says good, would you mind finishing up? and then leaves the room. Door wide open now. Me standing at the foot of the exam table naked with 2 females in the room. The second lady in the room comes over and starts at my neck and works her way down my chest. The nurse in the corner quietly goes over and closes the door just as another nurse and a patient walk by.

The female nurse looking me over asks me to turn around and then asks me to bend over the table. I feel her run her finger across my ass and down both legs. She then asks me to lift one foot and I feel her run her finger down the bottom of my foot. She repeats this for the bottom of my other foot. She is squatting down close to the floor. She says to stand back up and turn around and face her. As I do she is eye level with my dick. She grabs my dick and twists it and pulls it up with one hand while taking my sack in her other hand and massaging my balls around in the palm of her hand. I was thinking she might not want to do that for too long. She then drops my dick and balls and continues to scan down my legs.

When she is done she stands up in front of me and starts to ask if the doctor talked about proper skin care and use of sun screen. I said he hadn't mentioned it. So she goes on to talk to me about the right type of soap and moisturizers to use and the importance of sun block. I am still naked in a room with 2 females that don't really care that I am naked and they are not (or so I guess).

They then both walk out of the room, door wide open as I get dressed. The nurse comes back into the room and says I can leave now. As I walk down the hall the doc comes out of his office and sees me and asks if I am all set. I felt like saying, no doc I want to get back in there and get naked again and do it all over again.

The full body scan can be something else. I asked my daughter to remove a skin tag from my belt line. (she is a PA at derm office) She looked at the spot and announced that it was not just a skin tag and I should stop by the office the next day for removal & it be sent to the lab.

I am thinking this is 5 min pull the pants down an inch. Snip done!

I arrive at the office and my 3 year old daughter (I still think of her that way) puts me in a room to wait. Now, understand I know everyone in this office very well especially the ladies.

In comes the female Dr. Kelly saying "you just cost me 5 bucks. I bet your daughter you would not show up for a full skin scan."

WHAT? no, no, no, scan, just cut the tag off or give me clipers and I'll do it.

Kelly laughed and said "your here lets get this done for your own good. Do I need to call in help or will you take off your own clothing? I am sure the girls would be happy to help!"

Ok, If I am gonna get nekid with you, I expect dinner and flowers when we're done!

She looked at every inch of skin, lifting extremities and her eyebrows went up when big boy started to think he was getting some attention and was going "rise to the occasion"

Several tags were cut off, 1 mole and the lecture about sun screen. Kelly then said go ahead and get dressed. My answer was "glad you told me to get dressed, I was gonna drive home nakid"

I found out daughter made bets with half the staff about if i would show up, take my cloths off, allow Kelly to examine me ETC.

The next day I had flowers and a coupon for dinner from Kelly and the girls!

Never a dull moment, Skybear

I went with my wife to a dermatologist just under a month ago. Since it was her first appointment, extra time was allotted for my wife's first dermatological examination.

The treatment was a fine succes and my wife was helped by the medication.

But as far as interesting exams goes, this one was done with more prudery than I or my wife expected. She was told to keep both bra and panties on for the full body exam. And when my wife was asked to go into the exam room proper, the lady doctor preferred having privacy to conduct the exam, even though my wife indicated I follow her inside. The doctor also carefully shut a folding door so that I would have no way of seeing what was going on.

Afterwards at home, my wife told me that when the doctor came to examining the 'naughty parts' she simply moved the bra or panties to one side, not removing them at all.

Now, just to reiterate, the dermatologist was very successful in her treatment and competent. But, and this is perhaps a bit discouraging in a country like Belgium, it seems that Anglo-Saxon notions of prudery are becoming more prevalent here as well.

I got one just a month ago. He just had me strip to underwear. With the exception of the skin under my underwear, he was extremely thorough. Looked at the bottoms of my feet for a really long time.

I had a full derm exam a year ago, by a German doctor (female). She had me keep my underwear on. She examined every inch of my body except for what was under my underwear. I guess I should have asked her to check there too. She kept talking about how the sun is so dangerous so I suppose she figured the sun didn't shine in those places so why check there?

I have an appt with a dermatologist for the first time this week. What should I expect ? I am a fair skinned redhead with moles that are changing color.

Stripped!!! Forced to stand possibly naked and allow the dermatologist to inspect ever inch of skin!!! NO HIDING!!!

If they're doing there job properly then they will need to see every bit of you.

I have gone to three different Dermatologists and in each exam I've been asked to strip down to my underpants and slip on a gown. I would be upset if they didn't perform a complete head to toe exam.

Well, exam done, boring ! MA came in and read me what I wrote on the preexam paper work, handed me a small gown and then left, then came back with a hot red headed PA. The gown was kinda like a loin cloth. But did the head to toe with the MA in the room watching. Left my boxer briefs on for the whole thing, asked if there was any concerns with my genitals, and I told her I didn't think so and she left it at that and exam done. I would be curious how a female's exam would go down, anyone know if females exams are different than males ?

My SO had a rather small but itchy mole removed from her back that was Melanoma. Fortunately the Wide Area Excision came back with clear margins and there were no cells in the Sentinel Lymph Nodes.

Friends, Melanoma is no laughing matter. It is the easiest to detect and take care of, but, you have to be diligent in skin checks. Learn the ABCDE of skin cancer. If you are in a Play Doc routine, check your patients. Most important, DO IT!

All of my dermatology exams have been in the nude; a doctor cannot be thorough otherwise.

Yeah, one completely nude.

I go to the dermatologist 3 times/year for psoriasis. I have an attractive, young female physician's assistant do a full skin exam once a year. I've had a mole removed from my penis about 3 years ago, but she didn't do it---the older male doctor did, but I see her on a regular basis for my exams. In the past, the nurse usually tells me to "strip down" but I never have used a gown---I cover my lap with a towel that she gives me. I've never taken my undershorts completely off, though. When it comes time for her to look at my back, etc, she has me turn over on my stomach and she pulls my undershorts down so she can examine my buttocks. She usually spreads the upper part of my buttocks apart, but she has never looked at my anus or rectal area. She always asks about psoriasis in the genital area, but unless I tell her that I have an issue there, she normally doesn't look at my penis. The one time that she did examine it was when I mentioned the mole on the shaft. I pulled my undershorts down to my knees and she examined me lying down.

I do have my annual skin exam coming up in December. I think this time, I'm going to try to get enough nerve up to take off my underwear and then cover up with a towel. I'm afraid of getting an erection, though!!

I have had two experiences:

1. I went to see a female nurse practitioner for a mole check about 5 years ago. This involved taking close up photos of any possibly suspect moles and those checked by special software, and sent to a skin cancer specialist to check. I was aked to undress down to my underpants and put on a robe while she left to wash her hands. When she returned she asked me to take off the robe and started to look at every inch of my skin, including the soles of my feet. She made a note of any that needed photographing (about 6) as she went along. When she was behind me, checking my back, she pulled the waistband of my underpants out and quickly looked at my bum (although hardly a thorough check) and when she did my front she didn't look inside my underpants at all. As it happened I did have a small mole at the top of my penis that had appeared a year earlier and I was unsure whether to mention it or not. I decided to tell so she said "OK, we had better take a look then". I pulled my underpants down until my penis popped out. She looked at the mole, photographed it and then asked me to get dressed while downloaded the pictures and ran them through the software. Fortunately none of them were anything to worry about.

I have to say that looking back I think I should have been nude anyway and all areas of skin, even between my buttocks and around my scrotum, should have been checked as a matter of course. After all, as far as I am aware, you can get skin cancer on any skin and, since I am a naturist, most areas of my skin do see the sun at some time or another.

2. Two years ago I went to see my doctor about another issue but while I was there I mentioned a rash I had at the tops of my inside of my legs and on the side of my scrotum, something which used to come and go occasionally but which I had at the time. She asked if she could take a look so I stood up and dropped my jeans and underpants. She was sitting at her desk, and I had been sitting at the side, so I was now standing about three feet from her. She started to lean forward so she could take a proper look but she was just due to go on maternity leave as she was about 9 months pregnant and with the bump at the front couldn't reach. We both laughed at that and she asked me to get on to the examination bed instead. The bed was the opposite side of her room so she pointed to by trousers and underpants around my ankles and said "You had better take those off otherwise you may fall over." I slipped my shoes off, then my trousers and underpants and walked over to the bed. She asked my to lie down and came over to stand next to me. She looked first and then put her hand on my inner thigh and pushed gently while saying "Just open you legs a little for me." She then examined all around, moving my penis and scrotum aside as she did. She also lifted my penis up to look at the area under it. She asked my whether any of the red areas itched and I told her no.

I expected the examination to end there but to my surprise she asked if I had the same marks further around. I said I didn't know so she said "I think I had better take a look. Can you turn over for me?" So I twisted around to lie face down and as I did she added "I'm sorry if this is a bit embarrassing but it is better to make sure." I said "That's OK" not wanting to let on that yes, it was a bit embarrassing but I was actually quite enjoying it. Again she got me to part my legs and then she pulled my cheeks apart and said "There is nothing here" but then I felt her finger touch the back of my scrotum and she added "There is a little bit here." That was the end of the exam so she went over to the sink to wash her hands and asked me to get dressed. I slid off the bed and was relieved to see that I hadn't got an erection even though I felt a few twinges when she had touched me when I was on my stomach. She wrote up my notes and told me she didn't know what the rash was so she was going to refer me to a dermatologist. I told her I had private medical insurance (which meant an appointment in weeks rather than months probably if I was going through the NHS.

A couple of days later I received a letter from the Dermatologists office (a male doctor) giving me a date the following Monday evening at a local private hospital. I can never make Mondays so I rang the office for another appointment but was told he only held his private clinics on a Monday. The secretary said the other Dermatologist held a clinic on a Thursday so I was given an appointment for the next Thursday. I received a confirmation letter the following day and was delighted to see that it was a female doctor.

I went for my appointment and after sitting in the waiting room I was called into an examination room. I sat down and the doctor asked me about the problem and then asked if there was anything else. So I asked if she could also check my moles since I was there and she said she was happy to. She asked me to go behind the screen and get undressed. Since she was going to check my moles, and bearing in mind where my rash was, I took everything off, even my socks, as I would have felt silly being nude but with my socks on. She called out and asked if I was ready. I said I was and she went to the door, opened it and called to the nurse to come in, which I wasn't expecting. They came around the screen and amazingly the doctor seemed quite shocked that I was nude, although the nurse didn't seem to show any surprise. She said "Oh, you could have kept your underwear on." and I replied "I'm sorry, I just assumed that as the rash is in my groin area you would want me completely undressed." She just replied "It doesn't really matter as you would have had to remove them later. Let me check your moles first." She had me stand with my back to her while she looked at each of my moles and then asked me to turn around and looked at those on my front. Actually she was nowhere near as thorough as the mole nurse had been. She said there were no moles to give concern and asked me to sit on the edge of the bed. She put on some rubber gloves and got me to part my legs quite wide while she examined the various rash areas. She also took hold of my penis and checked all around the skin and, then to my surprise, and without saying anything, she rolled back my foreskin. She pulled it back quite hard and checked, not only the skin that effectively formed the inside of my foreskin, but also around my gland too. It was the first time a doctor had ever done that. I was quite surprised that instead of just letting go and letting my foreskin return on its own she carefully rolled it back up my penis. Although I didn't get a full erection I did start to grow a bit but neither the doctor nor the nurse seemed to notice.

She explained she wanted to take a skin sample to have it checked at the lab. The nurse went over to a cupboard and came back with a small plastic specimen container and a scalpel. She unscrewed the lid on the container and the doctor asked her to hold it under one of the red areas at the top of my leg. The doctor then stretched my skin flat with one hand while using the other hand with the scalpel to scrape some skin cells off the rash so that they dropped in the container. I joked that I had better not cough while she had the scalpel there and both of them laughed. I was in seventh heaven I must say having both the nurse and the doctor working between my legs. Unfortunately that was the end so I was left alone to get dressed.

Sorry, that ended up longer than I intended but I was enjoying reliving the experience.

Unfortunately, although everyone sings the praises of our National Health Service, and it does have its good points, one thing it doesn't do well at is preventative medicine. A free mole scan every 6 months just wouldn't happen. The one I had I had to pay for privately. Neither do you get regular medicals/physicals. You generally visit your doctor when you actually have something wrong.

I have to say the NHS is fantastic. I had eight hours of delicate surgery on a damaged shoulder and the cost. Nothing. Brilliant in my opinion.

As I say gdoc, it has its good points, one of which is the treatment you get once you are actually diagnosed with something. It is prevention and catching things early they are not good at. And I wouldn't say it costs you nothing - I hate to think how much tax I have paid over the years towards the NHS, and still do, even though I also pay £900 a year for private medical insurance.

You have a valid point sir, however there are those in our society who pay nothing....for pretty much most things.

I'm having a full body check next Mon.(once yearly). My Derm. is a beautiful Korean lady. I used to call on her when I sold dermatological Rx products. I am told to strip completely. There is never a gown, just a paper towel put over my lap as I sit on the end of the exam table. The Doc. inspects everything while I'm sitting, or laying down on the table. She moves the paper around to cover my butt and genitals, as she checks every area. There is always a medical assistant present. There is never anyone in the room while I dress, or undress.

I often have benign growths on my scalp, which my comb snags-on. My Doc checks my scalp very carefully and if I have a growth, she freezes it with a can of compressed nitrogen. It falls off in a couple weeks.

One year I had a suspicious mole on my right cheek. I was rescheduled for an excision a week later. My Doc had me lay on my left side. She removed the mole with a scalpel, put one suture in and covered it with a dressing.

During our professional relationship, the Doc. always treated me with the utmost respect, kindness and attentiveness. That's why I chose her for my Dermatologist. Her personality is just as beautiful as her face.

I would have to agree here, female derm docs are way more thorough. I had been referred to a derm and first saw a male derm doc. His nurse walked me down the hallway to my exam room while other nurses were opening doors to other exam rooms and I could clearly see the patients sitting on the tables. Two older males were either naked or getting naked while the door was being swung open. The one female I saw in a exam room was fully clothed and talking to her doctor about something under her arm.

My nurse brings me into the room and asks whats bothering me. I point out some bumps on my underarm and behind my knee. She simply says, "Ok, the doctor will be in to see you" and she leaves. The doctor comes in and looks at me like I am a moron and says "take off your shirt so I can see." He only looked at my arm and was about to leave. I mentioned my knee as well. He says stand up and take off your pants then turns around and calls in a nurse. The nurse opens the door as i drop my pants and look over to see other patients walking by.

The male doc turns around and says "well those underwear won't keep you warm" then looks at my knee and says I am fine to have a nice day and leaves. The nurse tells me that if anything changes to come back and see them again.

I did notice some changes and wanted to go back, but when I called I asked for any other doctor as the one I had seen was rude and did not care about my health. I was seen the 2nd time by a female derm doc.

Her nurse called me into the room and said I would need to remove everything and handed me a paper gown and said to tie it in the back, the doc will be in any minute.

I slowly got undressed and barely got the paper gown on me when the door opened and the female doc entered. She asked to follow up with the spots I was last seen for and while bending to show her the back of my knee the gown ripped at the shoulder and fell off that side of my body.

She grabs a hold of the gown and says there was not much of a need for it anymore and tossed it into the corner. I sat there naked in front of her. She didn't care and neither did I.

She went over the entire body and scalp. Her nurse walks back in as the doc was inspecting my penis and balls. The nurse stayed the rest of the exam.

When the exam was finished the doc opens the door and walks out into the hallway as other nurses and patients walked in front of the room and looked in to see me there standing naked.

Naked is no big deal when at a derm doctor, everyone does it.

When I had my exams I had to undress except of my boxers and doctors (both males and female) didn't ask me to be totally naked.

When my girlfriend had her dermatological exam she was in her bra and pants and they didn't check intimate parts of her body.

My girlfriend's sister was asked to remove her bra because she had a dermatological problem over her breast (I don't know which type of problem....)

I go to a dermatologist, female and younger than me, yearly because of suspicious moles. The office assistant takes me to the exam room and says, "If you're comfortable, remove everything and put on the gown. Or you can leave your shorts on. Your choice." The first time I left my shorts on and the doctor asked if I wanted her to check my bottom. I said yes and she pulled my shorts down, looking at front and back. Since then I have gone without shorts. She is very professional.

I have a female dermatologist (and attractive) and the nurse asked me to "take everything off" the last time I was examined, which was in December. I have psoriasis, but she does a total body exam once a year. She examined everything---including my penis, scrotum and between my buttocks. I've never had that done before up until last year.

My dermatologist is in a large practice. Over the years, I've been not only examined by him, but by several physician assistants. In every case, I was asked to strip to my underwear. A complete check is done front and back before I'm asked to slip of my boxers and my pubic area and butt are looked over. There is a nurse present taking notes which appeal to my exhibitionist tendencies.

I kind of prefer one of his physician assistants because she is young and sexy looking and does a more thorough check of the private areas than the doctor.

If you are not getting a complete skin check, my suggestion is to switch dermatologists.

I think that's why I was so surprised last December when I was told to "take everything off". She normally checks my legs, arms, etc for psoriasis, but I've never had my genitals examined. She has looked at my buttocks before, but she pulled my briefs down just far enough so she could examine me. This time, I took off my underwear as well, and she didn't hesitate to examine everything. She started with me sitting up and examined my back, arms, scalp, etc. Then she had me lie back and she checked my legs then moved the towel so my genitals were exposed. She pulled my scrotum back with her hand and pushed my legs apart with the other which surprised the hell out of me. I did show her a skin tag which was on the lower part of my scrotum near my perianal area. I did hear her remark about checking my penis for psoriasis, which is probably why she examined my genitals. Still, it was exciting---especially because I did have my briefs off.

As I said earlier, I didn't expect her to examine my penis at all in a routine exam like that. The exam was more arousing to me than my urology exam that comes up in May. I'm fully clothed for that---he only has me drop my pants and underwear for the exam---not undressed at all (unfortunately).