Exam Gowns

@JuicyJuice

My doctors mostly use cloth gowns - ...... - I am a fan of the paper drape for vaginal exams as you can use it to wipe all the lube off of you.

why cant you use the cloth gown to wipe up the excess lube? That should work just as well. No?

My practice is, if a gown is pulled out from a drawer, I put it back in the drawer unworn once I am alone in the exam room.

It has been so long since I was given a gown at the doctor's office, I have no idea what they use now. When I had a colonoscopy a couple years ago, I got a cloth gown from the surgery center.

A twist at my physical today. I was seen by the PA. The nurse took me to the exam room and said to undress to my shorts instead of getting nsked under a gown as usual. The PA came in and the exam went as usual but when it came time for the genital check, she asked me to raise my hips and she slid my briefs off and tossed them on my clothes in the chair. Then she went on as usual. Felt like I was a kid back at the pediatricians.

Did she examine your genitals while you were still lying down after she removed your briefs? That is an unusual examination method. I have had only one doctor who did the genital exam while I was lying on the exam table. He lifted my gown, looked at my genitals for a second, and flipped my penis up with his hand so he could see the underside and then pulled the gown back over my lower half. No hernia exam at all. But I did get a rectal exam.

Well i live in Germany and they have zero idea about privacy here in the medical profession, you undress in the doctors office without a screen and there is no gown at all. Same problem in the hospitals, there are not even curtains around the bed, the other patients just politely look away when you are being examined or treated.

I have no problems being nude in a doctors office when its one on one, but at the hospitals here i refuse any room that does not have curtains or has more than 1 bed.

she asked me to raise my hips and she slid my briefs off and tossed them on my clothes in the chair.

That is so hot, man. I so wish that were the case at my physicals.

Like Davidwest, i too only had one doctor, though male, who ever examined hernia/genitals while i was lying down.I find it so hot, thus the onset of my medfet.

Think about this. Compare to being examined while standing up. We do many non sexual, non hot things while standing up. Aside from peeing and showering, any non sexual activity we do in the nude while standing / walking is essentially not hot.

Now, what would we be doing lying down if we were nude (& conscious) ? Ok, aside from reading a book or watching TV, LOL. See? think about it.

Examined while lying down is like your body feels more vulnerable, and it emphasizes your body as a highlighted subject to be examined. Hence, hot.

The ones at my doctors office are cloth and come to about the knees.

My regular GP has paper vests and sheets - for physicals I am completely undressed with the vest open in the front and a sheet over my lower half. The paper is very stiff, which is good in that it doesn't tear easily but bad in that it doesn't drape at all. Even if I pull the two sides of the front of the vest together I know that you can see my entire torso through the armholes. There isn't any kind of fastening and the opening doesn't overlap so unless I'm holding it closed my sternum is exposed. The paper also makes a lot of noise so when the doctor adjusting the sheet over my knees during a pelvic exam or over my side during a rectal exam there are lots of crackling sounds.

In other medical settings I've had a paper top that had short sleeves and a sort of adhesive tab at the opening so it would stay shut until the actual exam (this was at a cardiologist). The material was similar to a paper towel. I've also been given lots of the standard printed cloth gowns with an opening all the way up and 2-3 ties.

Never seen a gown in any of my doctors exam rooms. Never seen them in the Army exam rooms either back then. After my service days and I was an x-ray tech in the private world, then I only saw cloth ones in our x-ray rooms only. It seemed that only about 50% of the women used them for breast x-rays, the rest were topless and didnt have any men or kids ever ask for one, no matter what they in there for. Since we were near a ski area,arms, legs and pelvis were the most called for pictures. Doing pelvis pics, patients needed to at least strip to their under pants/panties----although there was always a gown hanging up in sight, no one ever used it

Me too, never worn a gown, I simply wont wear something that resembles a ladies nightie. Had one thrown at me by a physician once, I threw it back.

My family doctor has me in a paper gown that comes down to just above my knees...either white or blue.

I like the white cloth ones with blue pattern, which is what they use where I go. :-)

I like the white cloth ones with blue pattern, which is what they use where I go. :-)

Me too! I also like the plain blue ones. Not real fond of some of the newer ones I've seen that have the neurotic patterns on them.

At our doctor's office, for physicals, my wife undresses completely and puts on a light blue paper vest, open in front. It comes down to about her belly button. Then she sits on the end of the exam table and covers her lower half with a light blue paper drape, which comes down to about mid thigh. Depending on the time of year, if she is wearing socks, nylon footies or knee highs, or thigh top stockings, she leaves them on. Of course if she is wearing pantyhose she takes those off.

For me, I am told to undress down to undershorts and offered a cloth exam gown. I decline, as I don't like wearing those. The first time I took one, unfolded it, and decided not to wear it. They use the light blue cloth type that opens in the back, but can also be worn with the opening in the front. It looks like it would come down to three or four inches above the knees when sitting, and has three ties. I'm less embarrassed just being in my undershorts. If I am wearing socks I leave them on.

I have worn gowns twice in my life. Once at a dermatologist's office when they wanted to do a skin check when I was there for some warts on my foot. The second time was at the ER, and I believe I at least kept my underwear on under that. In fact when I needed to get up to use the restroom while waiting I put my pants back on before pulling back the curtains around the bed I was assigned to.

My regular doctors, with one exception, never asked me to undress. The one exception was a pediatrician who wanted everyone strippd down to underwear. No gowns/

Current doctor's office uses paper. Light blue for males & lavender for ladies.

Current doctor's office uses paper. Light blue for males & lavender for ladies.

Are you sure the different colors are just to make it easier to see size differences of folded gowns?

Are you sure the different colors are just to make it easier to see size differences of folded gowns?

I would think it would be easier to reach for the gown based on male / female patient to be able to make a quick grab. I would tend to think it may be a more or less "one size fits most". If the cut is different between male & female gowns, you wouldn't be likely to notice when they're all folded, and so it might save the embarrassment of handing a patient the wrong gender gown.

Well, at work we have both blue and white disposable lab coats. And that's just a matter of who supplied what when. This could be the same thing. You place an order for a case, and maybe when you place the next order, a different color comes. (though they're not gender specific)

Though I've worn a deep purple gown before (colonoscopy numberrrrr......), I would be surprised if i were ever asked to wear one of these lavender gowns. Lavender can be considered as sort of the next feminine color to pink.

Gowns tend to be "blousy" and unisex as far as the cut goes. They aren't exactly form fit articles of clothing. The main difference being size.

My husband wears pink and lavender shirts and ties sometimes. No one would describe him as feminine.

I guess only REAL men can wear those colors! 😁 😁 😁

I've had pink button downs & polos. In fact I used to have & wear a NY Yankees pink polo to work in the early 90's (I've since outgrown it).

I guess only REAL men can wear those colors!

Like one of my favorite wrestling tag teams, whom you can say are real men, The HART FOUNDATION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAMLuLbLl-w

@Aniregino_Faccinomi

The second time was at the ER, and I believe I at least kept my underwear on under that. In fact when I needed to get up to use the restroom while waiting I put my pants back on before pulling back the curtains around the bed I was assigned to.

I would have just stayed in the gown and my undies and I would be fine and comfortable in that walking to the bathroom.

When I had tubes put into my ears, I had on a hospital gown. When I had x-rays done on my back, I had on a gown when I was in the 7th grade.

@Aniregino_FaccinomiI would have just stayed in the gown and my undies and I would be fine and comfortable in that walking to the bathroom.

I did realize it was odd when it happened, but my mind wasn't all that clear that day. Though to be honest I probably would do it that way again in a similar situation.

My dermatologist uses cloth gowns. I'm told to undress to my comfort level (I'm always naked), opening in the back, and specifically told to not tie the gown.

I had a pre-employment physical from an NP and I was instructed to wear a cloth gown and leave my underwear on underneath.

I went to a pain management doctor once for a back issue and was instructed to undress to my underwear and wore a paper gown. I hated it. It was huge and unwieldy. As I was lying on the table, the doctor started moving my legs around checking my pain and my penis fell out of the leg opening of my boxers. She just casually reached under the table, grabbed a paper sheet, and covered my lower body with it.

The imaging center I've used has me undress and wear scrubs. Hospitals and surgery centers, of course, use cloth gowns and usually nothing underneath (depending on the procedure being done).

Other than these exceptions, all of my other adult physicals I have remained dressed and just drop my pants for the genital, hernia, and/or prostate exam.

As I was lying on the table, the doctor started moving my legs around checking my pain and my penis fell out of the leg opening of my boxers.

Now see if you were wearing a jockstrap (or briefs), that would not have happened.

My dermatologist uses paper sheets. Kinda lame, but they are also easy to let slide down your waist and expose more of your briefs is embarrassing fashion.

None of my other doctors use any kind of gown or drape. For my visits to my GP, I always wait for the nurse to leave and then strip down to t-shirt and briefs before the doctor knocks on the door. That's as far as I'm willing to go as any more exposure might lead her to wonder if I'm doing it to get a thrill.

My last physical I wore a paper gown with briefs underneath. The paper gowns are so fragile though! I've ripped one in half before accidently putting it on. I'd prefer to just be in my undies or nothing than have a torn gown on.

Also the problem with gowns in general, a big guy, and usually only a hospital carries larger sizes, so anytime I'm in a regular gown, it doesn't cover my backside at all. Again at that point would rather be naked, lol.

... I always wait for the nurse to leave and then strip down to t-shirt and briefs before the doctor knocks on the door. That's as far as I'm willing to go as any more exposure might lead her to wonder if I'm doing it to get a thrill.

@winov2 Just curious, are you instructed to undress to your underwear or you just do it on your own?

At my pcp doctor appointment the nurse comes in and tells me to take everything off expect panties and put gown opening from the back....the she comes back and update any history or medication....then she tells me to get up on the scale with my whole back on display lol I’m sure she saw my underwear hahahaha....then she tells me to sit back up on the exam table and does the vitals....I kinda wish she would tell me to roll over and lay down on my stomach for a temp but that doesn’t happen lol then she tells me the doc will be in shortly....oh yea the gown is a paper gown so it rips easily!!! Mine broke by my shoulders and the doc was like oh let me get some tape for that and I’m like no worries doc I’m sure you saw everything and he’s like I already have tape !!! Lol