How are you asked to undress?

Usually just "strip to the waist please" when seeing a real medic. With a play doc it's very different depending on the scenario.

When I go for my yearly checkup, I am always undressed down to my underwear.

The nurse at my internist's office usually says " I need you to take off all of your clothes except for your underwear. Dr. S will be in soon to examine you."

When I was growing up, the nurse at my pediatrician's office would usually say " Dr. W would like for you to undress down to your underwear. Please take off your clothes except for your underwear. He will be in soon to examine you."

At first, it’s just; “I need you to strip down to your underwear.”

After the doctor has finished all other parts of the exam, he moves on to the genitals and rectum. “Your underwear needs to come off now, I’ll check your genitalia and then move onto examining your rectum.”

Need you to totally undress. shoes, socks, shirt, pants and underwear. then have a seat on the table.

"Get undressed; you can leave your underwear on" - was how the doc and my most recent real physical did it

Need you to totally undress. shoes, socks, shirt, pants and underwear. then have a seat on the table.

No gown?

Had a rash down there. She said "it's ok, you can show me" while smiling. I slowly took it out and she touched it and moved it around while I got semi hard

I was told to “Please remove all your clothing and you can slip this gown on if you wish”. My physician ended up being a female since the other doctor who I had an appt with was called out of the office about 15 min before my appt time. I had no choice!

I'm not told anything really. I'm told something along the lines of "I need to check your penis and testicles now" but no instructions are given on how much I should undress. I usually take my pants and underwear off completely when she says that.

I had my physical today and my experience hasn’t changed from prior years.

The nurse simply states please undress to your underwear and put the gown on opening in back have a seat on the exam table and the dr will be in shortly

I usually heard, "Go ahead and take off everything except your underwear, and you can cover yourself with this drape"

I have only had one exam and that was roleplay where the doctor told me to take everything off except my underpants and take a seat on the exam table

Normally the nurse has me take my shirt off and then when the doc comes in, I end up having to strip all my cloths off. He always offers me a gown, but I always pass him on the offer.

The last time I had an exam, the nurse said "Ok sir, everything off down to your undies and put this gown on. I typically strip to my undies but never put the gown on. My thought is, you are going to end up with the gown coming off, so why waste the time putting it on and letting it get in the way.

Sports Physical at Doctor:

Please take all your clothes off except your boxer shorts and your undershirt

High school Sports examination in Group with two Girls:

Take off your shoes and socks

1. For various school medical examinations:

Take all of your clothes off, apart from your vest and underpants.

Get undressed now. Take everything off, apart from your vest and pants.

2. For some ultra specific remedial Paediatric Physiotherapy Examinations / Manipulations.

Please get undressed now. You need to take all of your clothes off, including your underwear.

Right. Get undressed now. You need to take everything off today.

3. For some recent hospital procedures.

You can get changed in here. There is a locker for your clothes. Can you please take everything off and then put on a gown.

Good morning. Right. Could you please go into the cubicle, take all of your clothes off and then put a gown on.

You can get undressed in here and put your clothes in the locker. You need to strip completely and then put a gown on.

Not much difference over the course of 50 / 60 years. Except that (as a grown up) the nurses are extremely friendly, courteous and respectful. As a child (1960s) the nurses tended to 'bark' orders / instructions in a very domineering / hectoring manner.

For my annual physical the medical assistant places a paper gown on the table and says, “here’s a gown for you to change into”. Never any instructions on what to remove or if it opens in the front or back. I always take off everything and put on the gown with the opening in the back. I did ask once how much to remove and was told I could leave on my underwear under the gown. Knowing the exam would include a genital exam and a DRE I still took my underwear off and wore just the gown. When the exam starts I always take my arms out of the gown and use it more as a drape. At other appointments with my PCP I remain fully dressed and just lower my pants and underwear when needed.

Had 2 private thorough medicals a year apart at same practice. Doc 1: 'I need you undressed to your underwear'. Doc 2: 'If you would just like to prepare yourself...' I prefer the first way. I'd actually like him to say 'right, strip down to your underpants' but if it's a real medical I can't provide him with a script. Unfortunately.

I have not had a real life medical for some time now but in a role play scenarios I like to be instructed to remove everything except for underpants.

Had 2 private thorough medicals a year apart at same practice. Doc 1: 'I need you undressed to your underwear'. Doc 2: 'If you would just like to prepare yourself...' I prefer the first way. I'd actually like him to say 'right, strip down to your underpants' but if it's a real medical I can't provide him with a script. Unfortunately.

I would think that anyone here who has an ideal way of "preparing themselves" for the doc for a medical exam would welcome Doc 2's instruction. Since it leaves it up to the patient how s/he wants to present themselves for the examination.

I would think that anyone here who has an ideal way of "preparing themselves" for the doc for a medical exam would welcome Doc 2's instruction. Since it leaves it up to the patient how s/he wants to present themselves for the examination.

The person who recommended the private practice to me did just that: stripped off completely. The doctor was taken aback and apparently thought it was quite funny. I prefer the direct command myself: strip, breathe in, breath out, drop your underpants, cough, etc.

At the gyn- “It looks like you are here for your annual. The doctor will probably want to do a full exam. That means everything off. Here is your gown and drape. You can wear it like a robe with the opening in the front. “

One time at a dermatologist- “for this exam the doctor needs you in your birthday suit. That means everything. Even your socks needs to come off. “

My mom once took me for a physical when I was in college. The nurse talked to her instead of me. It felt really rude. “ have Mandy strip down to her underpants. “ ughhhhhh

At my last physical it was "please undress down to your underwear. You can put a paper gown on or not, your choice". I opted to leave the gown off.

When I got admitted to the hospital, I was in a gown already in the ER but still had on my jeans, socks, and shoes. After getting wheeled up my to my room, the nurse said "there's a clean gown on the bed, and some socks. it is an IV gown, please take everything off and put that on". then I think he noticed I was still in jeans and he throws in "that includes your pants". The fact that he had to point that out openly was a little amusing and nice. 😉

Last year, my new PCP's nurse asked me to remove everything and put on a gown. I did so, and my doctor was surprised, and said "Wow, you didn't need to do that. I'm gonna have to talk with her..." That was a year ago, and the nurse seemed like a pretty hard-headed, stalwart woman, so I wonder what happened! I'll see later this week when I have my annual physical :-)

I'm suspicious of your doctor. Either this was the first time ever that his nurse told a patient to undress completely and put on a gown or the nurse was really new to your doctor's office and didn't know that doctor's preference on how much patient should be undressed yet. I wasn't sure from you saying your "new PCP's nurse" whether your primary care physician was new to you or his nurse was new to the office. I always guessed that nurses or PAs or NPs were instructed by their supervising docs about how they wanted their patients undressed for physicals. A new nurse or PA from another doctor's office might have received different instructions there but wouldn't they ask at their new doctor's office how things were done there? My experiences have been different at different docs although many times I have gotten my undressing instructions directly from the doc and not from the nurse.

There isn't much at a doctors office that requires me to undress. Last week my colo- rectal guy needed a little internal view, in that case I go from patient to spectator, nurses will transfer me to an exam table, unwrap my clothes, remove my diaper. Doc will do his thing, nurses will wipe me down put a fresh diaper on, re-attach my clothes and on my way, nobody asks me, they know if they want my clothes off its up to them.

Depends on the doctor. These days my regular doctor's nurse says "Take off everything but your panties and put on this vest."

At the gyno I hear "Take off everything and put this gown on.. and here is a sheet for your lap... you can leave your socks on if you'd like"

For my physicals my current doctor interviews me in her office and then takes me into the exam room to check my blood pressure. She then asks me to get completely undressed and provides a paper sheet while she steps out.

My experience is pretty consistent with that of “Patient H” — “undress down to your panties, and put on this gown” at the regular doctor’s office and “everything off underneath the gown” at the gynecologist.