Always or Never do Before a Physical

ALWAYS BEFORE: Shower from top to bottom ... head to toe. Insert a soapy finger in order to ensure my rectum is clean and clear. Edge myself almost to orgasm but never ejaculate! Put on briefs or boxer briefs that display my package.

NEVER BEFORE: Shave my body and pubic hair! Wear deodorant in order for the nervous perspiration ... if evident ... to show. I never wear a t-shirt in order to be bare chested when asked to remove my shirt.

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Shower. Wear under ware (I often don't). I had laser hair removal from my shoulders down to my feet so I will dry razor off the odd hair found on my body so I am completely smooth. Lastly I do several enemas a few hours before so I know my rectum is completely clear so my prostate DRE is completely clean.

That's about it. Other than making sure my body and oral hygiene is completely clean, I really don't have any things I don't do.

Why do you masturbate before the exam?

Yep, Susie is right. Physicals for me produce a lot of anxiety and nervousness, so usually my penis and scrotum are shriveled up and are extremely unimpressive... which causes more anxiety and nerves. But also during the exam I am constantly fighting an erection. It's weird, but it's almost like the anxiety and nerves are what is causing the erection, not sexual thoughts. So masturbating beforehand helps with that.

I typically opt for the first appointment of the day so that I can come directly from home. I shower and make sure everything, everywhere is clean. I like to have gotten a pedicure the weekend before and trim my chest (and other areas that get bushy) a couple days before, so that it doesn’t look like I did it that day as I wouldn’t want my physician to think I was overly concerned about being clean and neat. I never masturbate the night before or day of an exam because I feel that “they know”, and I’d feel really weird, knowing thy know (especially before going to the urologist). The weird part is that both of my physicians are my friends, so I don’t want them to know about “us” (my Zity friends).

But also during the exam I am constantly fighting an erection. It's weird, but it's almost like the anxiety and nerves are what is causing the erection, not sexual thoughts. So masturbating beforehand helps with that.

Exhausting it so it won't get hard during the exam. I've done that for skin exams.

I typically opt for the first appointment of the day so that I can come directly from home.

Having the 1st appointment of the day is good if you've been asked to fast beforehand. As opposed to having to go through a good part of the day without being able to eat.

I always ask for the first appointment of the day simply because I don’t enjoy sitting in the doctor’s waiting room especially during the cold and flu season. In terms of preparing for the exam, I’ll shower and thoroughly wash everywhere (which I do every day regardless of whether I’m seeing the doctor or not). I do shave my scrotum and penis but I will do that a day or two before my appointment so as to not make it as obvious (although I doubt my urologist would care.) As for masturbating, the only time i’ll deliberately abstain is before my annual PSA blood test. For that, I’ll abstain from ejaculation for two to three days so as not to have an impact on the results.

My wife always goes with me to Dr appts when she can. My dr is female so my wife serves as the chaperone.

Always make sure my nails are all trimmed and give myself a good scrub in shower. Wear nice underwear. I shave around my penis and scrotum once a week anyway so do this the day before in case I nick myself!

Last time my wife also jacked me off before we left so I would hopefully not get an erection during genital exam. My dr does a thorough exam. The time before , I got a “ bit of swell” during the prostate exam. Dr bends me over the exam table, tells me to take deep breaths and slowly inserts her finger up my rectum and seems to take her time while my wife watches. When I think of this ( me with pants down to ankles bent over table with 2 attractive women in s small room , and female Dr finger up my rectum with my wife watching, I do get aroused !

I always ask for the first appointment of the day simply because I don’t enjoy sitting in the doctor’s waiting room especially during the cold and flu season.

That is the best pre exam prep I've seen!! Doctor offices are germ collectors because that's where sick people go!! We also carry Purell with us and use it often - and are careful what we touch!

Always? Shower and clean white underpants, underarm deodorant (unscented.) Clean mouth (brush, floss, Listerine.) The only thing dirty is in my mind...until afterwards, of course... 😉

Never? Masturbate or fuck. Gotta have The Edge. I rarely get an erection during the exam (though I always have pre-cum) and if I do, c'est la vie. I always try to keep in mind that this is an erotic experience for me, but not for my physician. This is a great question and I like the posts I've read.

I don’t really have an annual exam but if I’m going for a smear (I’m a trans guy) I make sure I’m clean and wearing underwear. Like someone below said, I don’t always.

I’ll do the same if I’m going for a sexual health checkup but I won’t masturbate or have sex. Usually in case it interferes with the swabs I know will be take. I also make sure my rectum is clear as possible, without cleaning too much. I don’t want the swan to come out dirty, but I do want to make sure there’s enough of a sample.

I always shower as close to the appointment time as possible. I cannot fathom going to a physical exam and not being squeaky clean from stem-to-stern, especially my feet, groin, and armpits.

I am surprised at how many people do not masturbate prior to a physical. In the off chance my provider decides to do a genital exam, my fear is an erection! Maybe I have this all wrong? 😃

I am surprised at how many people do not masturbate prior to a physical.

I actually masturbate before my semi annual skin exam to exhaust my cock to help ensure that i don't get an erection during the skin exam. I don't want to bulge up the pouch of my jockstrap, for fear it might cause my lady derm doc to want me to wear a gown. (since an erection can be considered to be "aggressive")

Since my primary care has me wear a gown (which I wear open in the front, sporting my jockstrap bulge), I don't bother masturbating beforehand, as she typically doesn't check my genitals anyway.

I am surprised at how many people do not masturbate prior to a physical. In the off chance my provider decides to do a genital exam, my fear is an erection!

My thoughts exactly!

I am surprised at how many people do not masturbate prior to a physical. In the off chance my provider decides to do a genital exam, my fear is an erection!

The anxiety I feel during a physical is so great that it causes me to shrivel to much smaller than my normal flaccid size. Erection would almost be welcomed because the shrunken size is really embarrassing.

Always clean white underwear, preferably brand new, and freshly showered, never masturbate, ideally try to abstain 10 days, but minimum 3

ideally try to abstain 10 days,

10 DAYS ?

Have you ever considered that that length of time may. not. be. necessary.

(If I abstained for 10 days, the doctor wouldn't be giving me a physical. The doctor would be giving me a fkn autopsy)

I have a physical every year for my commercial drivers license. Not thinking, I masturbated before I went to the Dr.'s office. I had to leave a urine specimen and it came back with a high protein count. As a result I had to return in a few weeks and leave another specimen. Of course everything was OK. DUH. lol

Always clean white underwear, preferably brand new, and freshly showered, never masturbate, ideally try to abstain 10 days, but minimum 3

Why on Earth would you do that? It is highly unlikely to matter unless your doctor has specifically asked for abstinence for a reason (probably for a PSA level that needs to have few confounding factors or for an infertility test), but even in those cases I can't see why they'd go more than 3.