Full Physical-No Gown

I just saw my doctor for my yearly physical today. We talked for about twenty minutes, and I was fully clothed. Then he asked me to jump up on the table so he could listen to my lungs. He used the steth on my back and had me breath in and out. Then he looked at my throat and in my ears and felt my neck and lymph nodes. THen he had me lay down and he tried to put the steth up my shirt but he realized i was tucked in. That's when he untucked my shirt and undershirt and then asked me to unbutton my jeans. He put the steth up my shirt and listened to my heart. Then he palpated my stomach and abs. He pressed really deeply and felt my organs. Part of his right hand slipped under the band of my boxer briefs as he was feeling and palpating. Then he asked me to stand up and take my pants off. THis was a surprise because every physical for the last five years, I'd barely gotten undressed, and the only time I took off my shirt was for an EKG the first year I went to him. Otherwise, I've always been fully clothed. I didn't really think about it though and I took my pants off. Then he asked me to pull my underwear down to my knees and he gave me both a testicular exam and hernia exam. He felt the entire shaft of my penis and I think tried to make some discharge come out (none did). Miraculously I didn't get too hard until the very very end. Then he told me to turn around and bend over the table and he gloved up, lubed up, and stuck his finger in. I was shocked. He'd never done that either. Not my first one, but this was all totally unexpected. He let me wipe up and dress and then the nurse came in to draw blood. Quite a day for me--and no gown the entire time.

To be honest, I would rather not have a gown, I think they are the worst thing imaginable, undress to underwear, then strip naked when required, seems much better to me

My GP doesn't use gowns. Though, he only has me remove pieces of clothing as needed. Shirt off / on, etc.

"Has anyone ever gotten a full physical with no gown?"

A gown.

Your body, as protected by a single curtain. And who has the controls to this curtain?

Will the doctor manipulate it as s/he chooses?

Will a nurse or other assistant manipulate the gown at his/her own discretion at some point to shift the patient's area of, and perhaps level of, exposure ..."

Would you prefer the doctor see you fully naked....or just section by section as the gown's balance between exposure and modesty becomes puppeteered by the professionalism of the doctor.....

While I normally like guys stripped to pants , I did have a Medfet exam once where I had to wear a gown that is open at the back. The guy was a trained nurse , so had managed to obtain the official gear. As an examinee I found that quite exciting as my bottom was on show . Of course the flaps were fully pulled open when rectal exam began

My experience was as 18 yr old at school. We had to go to exam just in pe shorts. He did the usual ears eyes and throat chest reflex tests he noticed I had had an appendix scar. He asked me to hop up onto the couch and pulled up my shorts but then said it would be easier if I pulled them off so I was left completely naked and felt embarrassed but as soon as he started feeling the scar he accidentally touched my balls and I got aroused so he said he would check everything else and of course I was able to confirm through practical evidence that it was and he just gave me tissues to wipe up and confirmed I was very healthy

When I had my diaphragm fitting I ended the exam completely naked. I started in a gown and it just ended up getting in the way when my doctor was ensuring the diaphragm fit. Super awkward and uncomfortable for me.

I was examined in either just my panties or bra and panties until I was 18. Then I started getting a gown.

Always in boxer briefs when younger until hernia check... last physical didn’t take anything off...

For my last full physical I was seen by a nurse practitioner rather than by my primary care physician due to a scheduling conflict. The nurse that took me to the exam room and who took my history told me to undress to my underwear and gave me a drape, which I placed across my lap as I sat on the table. The nurse practitioner started the exam with me seated, then had me lay back and palpated my abdomin, sliding the drape down slightly and sliding her hands under my waistband. She then had me stand up and bend over to touch my toes - I guess to look at my spine? She then had me lower my boxer briefs so that she could do the hernia check and testicular exam. When she had me then around for the digital prostate exam my underwear fell to the floor and I ended up stepping out of them. When she was done she picked up a box of tissues, but before she offers me one to clean up the extra lube she told me what blood tests would be needed - not that I would need to get dressed and go have blood taken, but that I would need to have blood drawn to check for this, that, this and that - all the while I'm standing there naked. Finally she gives me the box of tissues and tells me I can get dressed and go to the lab desk

Had to just drop my pants and under ware to my knees

The last no-gown exam I had was a year ago. Went in for my physical and instead of handing me a gown, the nurse gave me a folder paper sheet to put across my lap. needless to say those aren't very sturdy and by the end, it had become a crumpled mess laying across my legs leaving me essentially naked.

Yes...I've had a full physical with no gown and no clothing in fact. I would be taken to the exam room and told to strip down to my underwear. Also happens that I don't wear underwear. So I would neatly fold my clothing and just place my arms over my lap as I sat on the table. If a gown was provided I would merely drape it across my lap. A few times the Dr would come in and say "You could have kept your underwear on!" and I would reply..."I don't have any with me. You are going to look anyway so what's the difference!"

I have never had to wear a gown at a handfull of different doctors I have gone to. All of them just have had me remove things as we go.

The staff at the office I go to gives you a gown with the instructions, the opening goes in the back. I was taught many years that auscultation of the lungs and heart should be fine directly on the skin, never through a gown, shirt etc. The MD who taught the course said you could possibly miss a sound, and added that for the price the person pays, they deserve the best. The rectal is optional, and his staff review the med list, allergies etc. I always get the lab work done ahead of time so it’s one stop shopping, saving us both time.

My current GP examines me in just my underwear and then has me lower them for the genital exam.

My doctor has me remove my clothes and bra to leave just my panties on for the weighing and the actual exam. Once it’s time for the genital exam, he makes me lift my butt and removes my panties.

I gotten a physical before with no gown, but in underwear and t shirt

I've never gone for a physical and gotten a gown. I guess my doctor doesn't use them for boys (don't know about girls). I strip down to my briefs and I'm like that and then I'm naked. Gowns look silly to be honest.

My previous PCP would come in and do the history portion of the exam while I was fully clothed. He would then leave while I stripped down to my boxer briefs and sat on the table. He would return and perform the exam with me in just my underwear. He always included a DRE but never a genital or hernia exam. The MA at my current PCP puts a paper gown on the table but gives no instruction other than “change into the gown”. Since this PCP thoroughly examines everything I take everything off and wear just the gown. As soon as he starts the exam, I take my arms out of the gown and it just covers my lap.

Yes I’ve had regular physicals in underwear (bra and pants) but it was YEARS ago. Like the 70’s years ago. I remember gowns becoming a thing in the 80’s

I was always told to undress down to my underwear and a paper gown was always provided but no instructions to put it on. For one exam I did put it on but it felt very awkward and my doctor ended up taking it off anyways because it was getting in the way of his examination of me. So since then I always go without a gown for a physical.

After reviewing my history with me, my doc hands me a paper drape, and tells me to strip to my skivvies, and leaves the room.

I go one further, and strip down to my birthday suit. He comes back in, and the drape is removed. I don't have a stitch of clothing on, and he says nothing about my butt nekkidness.

He finishes the exam, and me a tissue to clean up, and leaves the room while I get dressed.

I have no intention of wearing anything during an exam. If he doesn't mind, then it doesn't matter.

Here in France no one is given a gown for a physical exam. Most doctors don't ask you to strip off to your underwear any more, unfortunately, but when they do, you usually wear nothing but your brief and socks.

It is something I like actually. I can feel easily aroused when I watch my folded clothes on the chair near the exam table, with my shoes underneath. It reminds me my nakedness, and how the doc owns my body.

I can feel easily aroused when I watch my folded clothes on the chair near the exam table, with my shoes underneath. It reminds me my nakedness, and how the doc owns my body.

I agree, it shows a sense of vulnerability when I'm stripped down to my boxers and am almost, but not quite, fully naked. The doctor now has control of your body and how exposed you are and there's a sense of anticipation knowing at some point your underwear is going to come off and you'll be fully naked but you don't yet know when that will happen.

Nurse lays out a sheet when she takes me to room where she collects vitals and reviews meds and any special needs for the visit beyond annual check. My PCP does history and lab results review before the exam. She leaves and I get completely undressed and cover lap with sheet. My PCP moves the sheet to uncover vital parts for the exam.

I still don’t really get a gown to wear and am stripped to my underwear for a physical

Have always had to put on a gown for a physical. Have to take everything off and put the gown on

Ive entered the room and not had to take off anything. Ive been thinking about last few exams to take everything off cover myself with a shirt or boxers but not sure what dr would say or how hed react.

Since I was in my late 20's I usually get a gown with a drape. The doctor ,before she leaves the room, asks me to 'change out of my street clothes and put on the gown and drape. I remove everything,which is kind of exhilarating, and take a picture of my clothes on the chair. This just makes me realize how naked I am. I then put the drape over my genitals and get up on the exam table,that is my bare butt is on the exam paper and then put the gown over that with the back open.