Does doctor wear gloves for breast exam?

My wife has never had a breast exam done while the examiner was wearing gloves, only bare hands.

And that's the way it should be. No gloves are needed for a breast exam because it's just skin on skin with no bodily fluids getting in the way.

Mashie

My gyn wears no gloves for breast palpating

Even though i am a male a already had breast exam done with no gloves

Never. I've never even heard of it being done.

Years ago my wife had her annual exams with a Dr. who wore gloves for the breast exam. The Dr.'s reason was that when checking the area near my wife's armpits, she did not want to come into contact with her deodorant.

Even my Gynecologist doesn't wear gloves for the breast exam. I also think that's the way it should be so that lumps or any other abnormalities can be easily felt.

I feel embarrassed but still I would prefer the doctor feels the breast directly, however embarrassing it is rather than being felt with gloves and missing out on complication.

Any exam I’ve witness they haven’t used gloves for breast exam. Almost seems like they would accidentally put them on for the pelvic and forgot they still had breast exam to do.

My Gynecologist doesn't wearing gloves for the breast exam.

It would be unusual for a doctor to wear gloves during a breast exam unless there was a weeping lesion or discharge. The bare hand is more sensitive than the gloved hand. Doctors are not taught to use gloves for every part of the exam.

My doctor never wears gloves during the breast exam,

My gf dr never wears gloves for her breast exam she does it bare handed i would think if a dr wears gloves they would not get a good feel of the breast tissue inside the breast and the gloves would get in the way or make the dr think they are feeling something when they actually do not feel anything inside the breast

Agreed, there's no reason to wear gloves when you're examining a part of the body with unbroken, healthy skin and not expecting to encounter any body fluids. In a play exam, well, if the patient happens to enjoy the feeling of cool, smooth latex or nitrile on their bare skin, then I'm sure that would be fine too 😃

Has anyone ever seen a breast exam demo video where the doc wore gloves? All the ones I've seen have been bare handed. It's not like thew breast deals with release of bodily waste, like other parts of the anatomy where the doc will (usually) wear gloves