Clitoris Examination by your REAL doctor

Angela,

I'd love to hear more detail about how you have motivated male doctors to over examine you and examine your clitoris.

Angela Carstairs appears very much like a former Zity member who turned out to be a male and was banned for a second time for passing off as a female.

I would ask the mods to keep a watch on this person as the member's modus operandi is very similar to the person I'm referring to.

Don't be drawn in to these posts, it's what this person enjoys.

This is speculation on my part of course.

Angela clearly is not only wasting physicians' time, but MY insurance premiums.

There really are medical reasons to examine the clitoris, specifically surrounding tissue and a visual check. Most common are lesions, sclerosis of the skin, those type issues...not so common would be an actual epidermal cyst that can grow on the clitoris itself....and believe it or not priapism...just like an abnormal male erection can occur...more often now though with certain drug side effects.

Most gynecologists are only going to do this upon complaint of symptoms, especially the ones who run an assembly line - pap, pelvic, move on approach. There are those that will spend the time to do an extensive external and internal exam....they also do an extensive breast exam....but from what I've seen it's a fairly rare occurrence percentage wise.

During my wife's physicals her clit is usually examined as part of the external exam of her labia. It is just a quick retraction of the clitoral hood and a visual check while her labia are parted. Her clit has never been touched during an exam.

My adult gyne does not do much more than retract the hood. But, my pediatrician was much more thorough. I did have some adhesions, which can't be treated/checked without an exam and contact as far as I know. It was pretty embarrassing. I am surprised more girls have not experienced this. I can understand that adults may be better at cleaning and knowing their anatomy to prevent this, but as a kid, once it was discovered, there were lots of terrible exams! It is a sensitive area and even kind of uncomfortable things feel good at the same time.

Both times I have been to my gynecologist for a checkup he retracted my hood to see my clitoris. He did it when he was examining my labia. My husband sees it, my mum has seen it, but my gynecologist is the only other one who has seen it.

Same as Amethyst here, in all my exam it is a quick glance and pull up of the hood...lasts maybe 1 second.

I've never had a clitoris exam/had my clitoral hood retracted by the real doctor. I was having some burning and sensitivity one time and wanted to mention it but I was kind of embarrassed to.

I'm thinking it's time for me to find a new doctor. My current GP is not thorough at all. I have felt rushed by her always, and she always hurries through the pelvic exam. I get it if she's truly trying to preserve my modesty, but I just feel like...don't do it at all if you're not going to be thorough. All of that to say, no, she's never checked my clitoris.

My gal says never had a real md exam her clit or retracted the clit hood. I do for her.

When my girlfriend is getting examined, the doctor alsays her retracts her clit-hood at the beginning of the examination, but she doesn't touch the clitoris.

That is something I have never heard of happening before in a standard medical exam. But i am all for it.

That is something I have never heard of happening before in a standard medical exam. But i am all for it.

In UK it is very rare unless there is an actual problem, I remember one of those medical shows in UK showing a women having issues with her clitoral hood piercing and the dr then lifted the hood.

It does happen sometimes if you are having a full medical (or maybe everytime) or seeing an actual gynaecologist rather than GP. have had two medicals one with BUPA paid for by company I work for and another this year by Nuffield Health which I paid for, in both cases the doctor inspected my clitoris.

For the BUPA Dr after she had finished examine my outer and inner labia just said she was going to inspect my clitoris, I felt the hood move and then she said thats fine and moved on to the rest.

For the Dr at Nuffield she was a bit more descriptive during the whole exam so when it came to the clitoris she was saying now I am going to check your clitoris, you will feel me gently retracting your clitoral hood, and then after she did that said it looked healthy and moved on. She looked at it longer than the BUPA Dr did but still all very brief, 5-10 seconds really at most I would have thought.

Lisa

My current doctor has retracted the hood a few times but thats it.

My wife's current male ob/gyn always check her clitoris, and he always announces it before he does it by saying something to the effect of, "I'm just going to do a quick visual of your clitoris" and then he peels back the hood.

I love raising the hood and looking at all that chrome and horsepower. I'm not sure we are talking about the same hood though.

I love raising the hood and looking at all that chrome and horsepower. I'm not sure we are talking about the same hood though.

Well, it's certainly where the ignition is located..... ?

@Moppys_jalopy , that will work ! ?

My doctor has always retracted my clit hood. He has always been very thorough.

I'm always a bit surprised that a clitoris assessment is not always performed by doctors during their external vagina exam . This is part of any external vaginal exam , visual assessment by retract the hood is recommend for looking for peri-clitoral lesions.

In addition it should be retract to check for the presence of “clitoral adhesion.”, caused by the build up of sebum which comes from the glands that surround the clitoris produces a shiny appearance on the glans of the clitoris which it accumulate its referred to as smegma.

If you have adhesions, when you pull on your clitoral hood, the glans of the clitoris moves with it instead of the hood retracting by itself, i.e., the glans of the clitoris moves with your pulling the clitoral hood. This can be very painful, even excruciating, for young girls, and women of any age. You may not be able to pull the hood back far enough to expose the entire glans if you have clitoral adhesions.

I'm always a bit surprised that a clitoris assessment is not always performed by doctors during their external vagina exam . This is part of any external vaginal exam , visual assessment by retract the hood is recommend for looking for peri-clitoral lesions.

In addition it should be retract to check for the presence of “clitoral adhesion.”, caused by the build up of sebum which comes from the glands that surround the clitoris produces a shiny appearance on the glans of the clitoris which it accumulate its referred to as smegma.

If you have adhesions, when you pull on your clitoral hood, the glans of the clitoris moves with it instead of the hood retracting by itself, i.e., the glans of the clitoris moves with your pulling the clitoral hood. This can be very painful, even excruciating, for young girls, and women of any age. You may not be able to pull the hood back far enough to expose the entire glans if you have clitoral adhesions.

I guess i'm one of the lucky ones then 😃

Yes my gyno examines my clit by pulling back my hood. I have a piercing there as well he never has touched it though but I would like to explore that......

Having my clitoral hood retracted has been a standard part of my annual genital exam for the past ten or more years. Up to five years ago my doctor used her fingers but now I have a different doctor who uses a retractor similar to that described in earlier postings. To be honest I much prefer the finger method!

On a few occasions I have had the bared clitoral glans lightly compressed with a moistened cotton bud. I am asked if any particular spot feels more tender. To me each place feels good but is more tender on the parts most deeply buried under the hood.

During play sessions I get a far more thorough and pleasurable examination of my clitoris. My hood gets slowly eased all the back and sometimes small probes are used to test my sensitivity.

I can do a pretty mean genital exam myself when I am the doctor!

Rose

Yes, mine is checked. When I spread my legs my outer lips part somewhat but the nurse pushes them back even more then let's go (they stay parted further on their own for a little while) then she puts one index finger on my inner lips and pulls down and her other index finger on the hood and pulls up. I did have a problem with adhesions once which might be why I get a thorough check. My clit itself isn't touched, other than a tiny brushing feeling when she pushes the hood down if it doesn't go down on it's own when she let's go.

I have never had that done. I think I would die of embarrassment! I am sure that I would react to having that done. My clitoris is pretty sensitive.

They have NEVER examined my clitoris at all. Not even a brush against the outside situation. And I'm glad... that would be super awkward in real life!

This lack of thoroughness for fear of seeming too sexual is another example of the double-standard our society subjects us to. Nobody gives a second thought to female doctors or even young nurses with very little training touching holding and manipulating the penis of a male patient even young boys, but heaven forbid should a male doctor touch a woman's clitoris.... Too bad.

I had seen the same ob/gyn for 30 years, he never once examined my clit in any way.

Earlier this year I changed to a new gyno and neither did she.

A couple of weeks ago I went to a gynecological oncologist who gave me the most thorough exam I ever had (from a real MD 😉 ) which included examining my clit. She spread me open with her fingers, retracted the hood and quickly inspected it.

It was not at all embarrassing or uncomfortable it just seemed like a normal part of the exam.

@bridgette,

I've experienced exactly what you have. I'm a breast cancer survivor. I get a full body examination by my oncologist every year. She also checks in and around all nooks and crannies including my clitoris.

My husband is a stage 3.5 malignant melanoma survivor. That was a really close call! Massive cutaneous exposure to TCDD/Dioxin/Agent Orange was the cause. He has CT scans and X-Rays every six months. He has a full body, skin, mouth, throat and esophageal exam every three months. He's had numerous and by that I mean over twenty surgeries to remove squamous and basal cell skin cancers also. Prior to his spine surgeries he was still in stitches after a squamous surgery in his left calf. They took a piece of tissue the size of a Hot Dog out of his leg.

I'll happily continue with my cancer examinations and show every square millimeter to my oncologist. I request that she take her time and be through. Last time my husband came with me. I asked him to remove his shirt to show my doctor what skin cancer did to him. I do believe I saw tears come to her eyes! I told her, "He's My Best Advocate"

Cancers, including skins cancers are killers! If a woman requests to have her clitoris checked by her doctor for any visual or strange looking skin lesions that may help more than harm. Cancer can manifest in odd places. Bob Marley died from acral lentiginous melanoma. Since it started under a toe nail it was not detected in time.

So, I'd think that under the folds of our pretty clitorides could harbor trouble that is not usually looked at or talked about. Check, don't neglect!