Naked at the REAL doctor

Consider yourself lucky, agracier, that you don't live somewhere with abundant sunshine.

Oh boy, I really hope that was meant as a joke - or a consolation. I'm certain I must have some sort of Vitamin D deficiency due to lack of sunshine ... ha ha. Aside from the mood altering proclivities of incessant rain and overcast skies, it is also not a good country for naked activities, neither indoors (cost of heating the house sufficiently) and certainly not outdoors ...

Until we got the government in the exam room with us a few years ago I was always naked for my twice yearly physicals. I figured it was so the doctor could look me all over for anything that might need more attention. Now I have a female doctor and she does no more than listen with a stethoscope through my shirt for about 30 seconds and says ---- next. How the hell will I know if I have any sort of skin cancer in places I can't see? There are a lot more of them now than when I was in my 20s. I can hardly bend my feet up to see the bottoms now and forget checking my taint or my ass even with a mirror.

I am a licensed PA in the medical field specifically working in the military version of women's health. I routinely do physical exams and try to leave every patient as gowned as possible for there comfort. If our society had a different perspective on modesty within the examination mindset, an examiners ability to rapidly and effectively diagnosis would increase 2 fold.

It seems to have gotten much more modest recently. When I was younger in the 80s and early 90s I never had a gown. It was underpants on for most of it, then off when needed.

Then in the 2000s they started with the gown bit. Seems a bit silly, really, as the doctor will be seeing everything anyway (or really should be). Ah, well. I always figured it made them more comfortable.

In my case, as a child, it could happen. From big no, or above or below, depends on where you visit.

It really depends on where you live. In the USA, its not that common to be naked at the doctors. Im not sure how common it is in the rest of the world but some countries have nude beaches. Some countries aren't as shy about being naked.

Until we got the government in the exam room with us a few years ago I was always naked for my twice yearly physicals.

It is much more likely that society in general is becoming more prudish - thank religion for that mainly. Governments don't usually have a say in these kind of things, unless of course you get legislators who are pandering to the prudish/religious vote.

Until we got the government in the exam room with us a few years ago I was always naked for my twice yearly physicals.

It wasn't the government. The government doesn't care. In fact, for public schools (i.e. "government") in New York, you STILL have to get completely naked for physicals for certain sports. I've posted the state's requirements and forms and justifications for that before.

The reason you get naked less at the doctor comes down to many factors from plaintiff's attorneys winning huge awards for rare but scandalous hidden camera incidents, insurance companies, an evolving standard of modesty, and the clinic's motivation to get you in and out as quickly as possible. Not all things that rub against the grain are the result of "government."

Not all things that rub against the grain are the result of "government."

No, not all things. But in this case, I respectfully disagree with your assertion that the government didn't have a role to play in the reduction in the thoroughness of yearly physical exams. It did. Along with the "affordable" care act came new rules and regulations the determined what constitutes an annual "wellness" visit. These rules primarily applied to medicare and medicaid, but also had at least an influence on non-medicare/medicaid patients. I know for a fact (because I was told by more than one physician that I saw at the time), that at least some of these rules applied to all physicians, regardless of the type of patient (medicare vs non-medicare). And even if a rule wasn't strictly enforced for non-medicare patients, the physicians often decided (on their own) that they'd go ahead and handle everyone the same way.

The rules called for annual wellness "exams" that were rudimentary and extremely cursory at best:

https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/preventive-visit-and-yearly-wellness-exams.html

You got it @jimmy-johnson The government changed the pricing and rules and my doctor couldn't do the in depth physicals he wanted so he closed up and retired. Noting against my new doctor, she's very nice but abides by the new rules so I get nearly nothing for an annual checkup. I can't call it a physical because it doesn't even come close. The word was that Obama felt us old folks cost Medicare too much so he wanted us to die sooner.

Well, then, maybe I am in the minority, or maybe the time period plays a role, but two of the places where I got the most detailed and thorough physicals in my life were at my school and at the state health center.

On Medicare?

@roscoe Seriously! Are we going to go down this road again and bring politics into another discussion??? The last time this happened the Moderator deleted our entire discussion. If you want to bitch about the government and talk politics I suggest you find another site.

"JakeNewYork"

Are you sure that if you said is true about the requirement to be stark naked at physical examination for some sports in public schools in New York by states rules that these requirements are really applied by doctors at school students ?

it seems that it is so different in most schools or universities today in all countries !

Anyway I think that you are rather right about the main reasons why nudity is less required by doctors in your country like in others.

I presume that the evolving standard of modesty and the doctor and clinic policy to go as fast as possible without using military methods for group exams like in the past for instance at school or sport physicals are the major reasons.

I've never had to strip fully at the real Dr but had many role play medicals where I've been naked. I've either been naked from the outset or gradually been told to strip until fully naked for the genital and internal examination. I love an older Dr ordering me to strip off right from the start.

"JakeNewYork"

Are you sure that if you said is true about the requirement to be stark naked at physical examination for some sports in public schools in New York by states rules that these requirements are really applied by doctors at school students ?.

I've posted some forms here before. Here is the current one. The one that described the process back when I was in school was a little more explicit but this gives you an idea.

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/pe/documents/AthleticPlacementProcess2-11-15Revised.pdf

One of the notable passages: "Physical maturity is determined by the district medical director during a physical exam, using the Tanner Scale. The Tanner Scale requires the inspection of the entire body, including the breasts and genitals. The district does/does not accept Tanner ratings from private medical providers. The district does/does not accept a history of menarche for girls in place of a physical examination. Upon passing the medical clearance, the student may proceed to the physical fitness and skill assessments. Students must pass all levels in order to meet the requirements of the APP."

Here is a brief article that mentions Tanner scale assessments. We always had to be fully nude for it: http://www.ihstattler.com/blog/2015/12/underclassmen-in-varsity-sports-the-tanner-scale/

@roscoe Seriously! Are we going to go down this road again and bring politics into another discussion??? The last time this happened the Moderator deleted our entire discussion. If you want to bitch about the government and talk politics I suggest you find another site.

Hmmm ... indeed, I will keep this in mind. In Europe social security and medical insurance can be some of the most boring discussions imaginable. No need to get so worked up, so let's keep it on topic and not vent political grievances.

Yes I have been naked many times at the doctor when I was growing up

I also, no privacy but no choice either. Things have changed a lot now for sure.

For my annual physical exam, my doctor orders me to strip to my underwear. At the end of the exam, I remove my underwear completely for the genital exam and the prostate exam.

Interestingly, he also had a female medical student in the room and practicing the exam on me. This included the prostate exam!

Except for the useless gown they give me i have to be naked for my GYM when he examines me

For my yearly dermatological i am asked to be naked. they offer a paper sheet for modesty but that only stays on until the doctor her female assistant arrive. She quickly vanquishes the sheet. this is not a sensual adventure. usually the exam table is freezing cold and she is in the mindset of "how manypatients can I see in an hour."

I was always naked for my general medical exams from secondary school onward. The only thing that has changed is the amount of individual privacy allowed. My first full exam was conducted like a military exercise with the entire (all-girl) class stripping off and lining up for the doctor. Now I completely undress behind a curtain and the doctor begins the exam as soon as I step from behind it. Asians are more used to domestic and bath-house nudity so it is not a big deal. A doctor has seen it all anyway!

Of course if a patient consults a physician on a given problem they remain dressed or are asked to uncover only the problem area.

I wish I was fully naked for my annual, but thats not how my doctors office does it.

For my annual physical exam, the nurse has me to strip to my briefs. My doctors nurse does all the little tests before my doctors comes in. Temp, blood pressure, EKG etc. My favorite part is when I am asked to drop underwear for the genital exam and the prostate exam. I am always interested to see if the nurse is watching when my pants come down.

For my yearly dermatological I am fully naked. and they offer a paper sheet for modesty. My dermatologist has had the same nurse for a few years but I still love taking my cloths off while she asks me questions before the doc comes in.

My current doctor uses a bright light to look over my entire body. I like just standing getting rid of the paper sheet and being completely exposed while the doc looks me over and the nurse looks on and takes notes from the doctors comments.

It always seems to go to fast and I hate hearing the nurse say, you can get dressed now.

Last summer I injured myself in the garden at the inner top of my right thigh, near the perineal area. I went to the emergency room and, a few minutes after I had explained my case to the reception, I was summoned to one of the medical rooms. Since the wound was in an unusual position, I had to remove pants and boxers and, lying on my right side, with my left leg spread, I was medicated. I was not completely naked, but I think that my nudity was more than enough. Of course, my Karma, or rather my Dante's contrapasso, wanted the suture (1 point) and the dressing to have been done by a female doctor, with a female nurse present. Among other things, both young and very nice. It was not a med fet at all, I was quite embarrassed and I hope it will not happen again. Also because it was quite painful.

If it had been in my fetish dream, obviously the doctor would have eased my pain with (at least) a beautiful hand job, while I could taste the certainly delicious pussy of the nurse. 😃

Between 1960 and 1970 I had numerous school and paediatric examinations when nudity during such exams was commonplace. Thereafter, there was a long gap until 1982 ( when I was 29) before I had another naked examination ( which was a very thorough medical connected to to Life Insurance as part of a Mortgage application deal.

To date that was my last ever naked examination. I have been for check ups etc a few times in recent years, but never been required to undress. The nearest (does it count??) was twice very recently when I had to attend a local hospital for hip X Rays. I had to go into a very tiny room beforehand, strip naked and put on one of those awful gowns, which I found impossible to tie up properly. The second time, I asked a nurse to do it for me.

At this morning's skin exam, the nurse held the square folded paper drape and stated, "undress to YOUR comfort level, and drape this across your lap, if you'd like" (as she placed the paper on the exam table) "remember, you can develop skin cancer on any part of your body, not just the areas you tan". I so wanted to inform her that I do tan nude, at every chance I get.

She came back in with the doc to chaperone. About half way through the exam I removed the paper drape, she turned more to the side, as to not look in my direction (?) for the remainder of the exam.

"undress to YOUR comfort level, and drape this across your lap, if you'd like"

That sounds like a very responsible nurse and I would have appreciated the way she said that. Informing you of the need to have your skin checked everywhere yet at the same time allowing you to make the decision as to how much clothing to remove. The perfect balance.

That sounds like a very responsible nurse and I would have appreciated the way she said that.

Agree!! Similar to my Dermatology skin check last year the nurse took a history based on the forms I had filled out and then explained that for males she always offers a gown to be worn with underpants but the gown is optional since the doctor takes it off right away anyway, so she explained that I don't have to bother if I don't want. She was fine with it either way but I liked that it was addressed very matter of fact and I thought that was a very practical way of handling a topic.

This year's exam is in a few weeks.....

Looking forward to it 😁

When it comes time to check for a hernia, I am naked. Otherwise its just down to my underwear which is no better hahaha.