Most embarrassing age

What do you think is the most embarrassing age to have a physical exam?

And why?

For a guy probably between eleven and fourteen, while he is becoming fully developed.

Puberty, because you're not sure about the changes happening to your body.

11 - 13, when as a girl whos breasts are just budding, you start wearing a bra. and then you have to remove it in front of a male.

I think age is less significant than the clinic itself and how the doctor and nurse treat you and your level of experience with exams. As a playdoc, I am confident I could trump any embarrassing exam most females have had thus far at any age rather easily.

Virgins to total nakedness and stirrups are easiest to humiliate and embarrass. That is generally at younger ages so will give you that.

I think, it´s embrassing at each age 😃 Maybe as teen it´s a little bit more embrassing 😃

My last physical at my pediatrician was the first time I was given a gown. I felt relieved that I wouldn't be sitting in my underwear, but was unnerved when the nurse instructed, "everything off." When the doctor came in, she motioned me to hand her the gown, noting that it would be easier as the gown would just get in the way. I'll never forget her next statement. She said that we "know each other well enough." Easy for her to say, I never got to examine her naked body on a yearly basis.

Probably during early teens, from the start of puberty and during those years of change. Getting used to your changing body and becoming comfortable with it can be difficult enough, but having to expose your newly developed body parts to a doctor for inspection and palpation can be nerve wracking and very embarrassing at that age. And for a girl specifically, the first gynecological exam is likely the most embarrassing, regardless at whatever age she has it.

I agree with jill2doctor. the most embarassing time for me was my pre-teen and early teen years. a part of it was the rumors and fears about the exams themselves and not having anything explained to me about what they were doing or going to do!

I have a tendency to agree with most of the posts here. At almost 61, there is little a doctor can do to embarrass me. As I have grown older, the concept of embarrassment has continued to diminish.

However, being almost 13 with a new bush of pubic hair and a penis that kept springing into action without my being able to control it was pretty humiliating. Also, we labored under the taboo of being touched and enjoying it, so those ministrations to my young phallus and anal region were both enjoyed and brought about confusion.

I would say ages 13 to 15 because my mom had to accompany me through age 15 as required by my doctor's practice, I began maturing and also started getting testicle exams. Although I was glad to have mom with me and address questions, it was still hard for me to have her see me naked while my genitals were being examined by the doctor and nurse. At age 14, I was smitten by the new nurse at my Doctor's and could not refrain from getting an erection in front of her and my mom.

I agree with many others here. Puberty exams were the most humiliating, especially if the doctor commented on the "progress" during the exam. I had one doctor comment on my erection when I was about 16.

11 was the worst for me - I had an exam that was a major influence on why I'm here today.

I have to agree with most...between the ages of 13-18 for me when the doctor had my mother come into the exam room and she would watched the exam and was encouraged by the doctor to do home inspections to keep track of my growth & development.

15 during my physical for high school. I thought i was old enough to go back by myself but the doctor sent for my dad who was in the waiting room.

Absolutely, I would say between ages 12-14, mainly because my mom and sister were present during the exam. My last and most humiliating exam with this doctor took place when I was 14 years old. So, my doctor sits next to my mom and asked me to stand in front of him, legs apart and pulls my underware down to my knees. My mom watches as my penis, foreskin retracted, testicles checked and hernia exam by the doctor. Now, my sister has a view of my butt and scrotum/testicles being examed. The doctor commented to my mom on the " my progress/ delvelopment" during the exam.

I think the most embarrassing age for a physical exam is between 12 and 16 during puberty. I had a very embarrassing exam when I was 16. It was my first exam since my breasts starts to grow and my first visit to a GP.

Well I am 22 and it's pretty embarrassing esp sometimes.

For me it was the physical I had at age 11 that was the most embarrassing and directly led to my medical fetish. This was the first exam I had during which I had examination of the genitalia performed with my briefs pulled down by the doctor to give full exposure of the penis and scrotum. This was performed as the last step of the exam and happened immediately following abdominal auscultation and palpation. With no warning, the doctor slipped down the front of my white briefs. I felt goosebumps as my penis was exposed and lifted my head slightly to get a look at my penis lying on my abdomen and my balls hanging between my thighs. My penis had begun to get larger than infantile size, and, in fact, was almost adult in length and girth. My scrotum had enlarged and my balls had dropped lower. I had not developed any pubic hair at that point, but the penis and testes were ready for it to sprout. I watched as the doctor picked my penis up from my abdomen and examined the head and the frenulum and then checked the meatus by spreading it between his thumb and index finger. The penis was then dropped onto my abdomen and the balls were palpated. My briefs were then pulled back up and the embarrassment was over. I marveled at the doctor's power to be able to see the penis of any boy he was examining and thought how incredible it would be to see all those penises. I knew then that I was being compared to every other boy he examined. I had recently begun masturbating, so when I got home from that exam, that was the first thing I did. I have continued masturbating after every physical exam I have to this day.

Age 12-16 has to be the most embarrassing age just at the onset of puberty

8-13 years old because everything is new and strange and that's probably the first time we start having problems that need more than just a temp and stethoscope exam. Plus that's about the time it seems that parents start feeling awkward as well and that transfers to the kids too to make it even more embarrassing to discuss things.

For me it was twelve, because I started puberty a bit late, but had a couple of exams that year. One was at school so not all that private, another in the dermatologist's office with my mother in the room.

For me it was 12 when my parents decided to switch pediatricians and now instead of a male dr i had a female one and i didnt want her seeing my area down there but to find out she was really a caring and compasonate person when it came to private areas and all she would only do a quick exam down there and that was it so to this day i still have a female doctor.

For me it was between 11 and 15. We had moved to a new town and I can remember going to the new pediatrician for the first time and my Mother being present. At 11 I was just beginning to get the first signs if pubic hair, and my Mother asking the Doctor if he thought I was developing properly. He assured her that I was, but for me at the time it was embarrassing having my Mom there looking at my privates.

For me it was 12-13. It was the time when puberty exploded but i still was regarded as a child.

Generally I would say early puberty. For me the exams at 11 and 14 were the most embarrassing ones.

When I was 15.

13 and a half. I woke up with very bad stomach pains, my Father took me to his DR who could see me early that afternoon. The DR checked my abdomen and then pulled my pants and shorts down in front of my Dad who was in the exam room with me. He checked me for hernia while I was lying on the table and then had me stand to check me again as I coughed.. Very embarrassing being in early puberty..

13

The teens. Always anxious about having the doctor retract my foreskin for fear that he might recommend having it circumcised.