When you are asked to disrobe in advance how fare do you go?

Normally, the nurse instructs me to “strip” or to undress down to my underwear (socks off too). I will undress after the nurse leaves and before the doctor comes in with me waiting on the exam table in my briefs. My underwear comes down or completely off later in the exam. I have only had physicals were I was in my underwear or a “strip as you go” exams, I have never worn a gown or completely naked from the start of an exam.

I failed to pay attention to the nurse’s instructions one year an just assumed I was to undress to my underwear. Actually, what the nurse said was to take my shirt off and to keep my pants on for now. She was not done taking my vitals and needed to leave the room for a minute. Very embarrassing, when she came back in the room I was undressed sitting on the exam table. She said something like - Oh, I see you decided to off your pants.

It depends on the instructions. “Remove all of your clothing and put on this gown” to me means nothing under the gown.

I will usually keep my underwear on unless told otherwise, but I almost always ask if I need to get undressed, and if so, should I keep them on or not.

I keep my underwear on, until told to take them off

My regular doc is old school, we have a long conversation, then he gives a cloth gown and says, everything off open in the back and comes back in later for the exam, but he doesn't do a genital exam, only visual. He does do a DRE.

At the dermatologist it's everything off except briefs or boxers (for men they give women gowns) then the exam is done ‘around the underwear,’ although I posted about how I last year I was able to have the exam continue completely nude when she got up to my briefs. I'm going to see if she would prefer “thorough over modest” again this year.

The urologist is, talk and then, please lower your pants and underwear and he examines me standing. He sends me down the hall for an ultrasound, then they always say, 'lower your pants and underwear and lie on the table covering your penis with the paper drape.’ I don't like how my pants get all wrinkled at my ankles for the whole ultrasound, so last time I removed pants and underwear and explained my reasons, they (2 women, one on the wand the other typing) didn't argue. And I had to remove the drape was o for part of the exam anyway but she didn't really look except when she asked me to show her the spot the Dr wanted checked out.

My last 3 physical exams I've been undressed with no panties under a gown. The nurse gave the instructions twice the doctor once.

When I was younger the nurse would tell me strip to underwear and wait on the table for the pediatrician.

During my teens years I had no choice. I tried to keep my underpants on, but they were removed when the doctor came in to look me over. Sometimes the nurse did the preliminary exam with me in my briefs before doctor came in and she always told me to remove my briefs and left. On the later visits she stayed in the room until I did.

When I go the Dr. for a yearly physical, her nurse takes all my vitals and then gives me a paper gown. She tells me to disrobe except for my underwear, but leaves the room for me to get undressed. She makes sure a large tube of Surgilube and a pair of purple nitrile gloves are on full display on the cabinet beside the exam table. My doctor is a 40ish female. Not a supermodel but an attractive Japanese/Caucasian mix that makes her facial features adorable. She's got a soft, calming voice. But when she knocks then enters the room my heart starts pounding. She always does the prostate check first. I think she does this because she knows men are usually nervous and embarrassed……I admit I always am……and wanting to get the worst part over with.

As for the rest of disrobing, she has me drop my drawers all the way down and take them off. She does this because she prefers checking my prostate as I lay on my left side on the exam table, and flex my right knee toward my chest…..like nurses have you lie down for enemas. The exam is quick….less than 10 seconds. But regardless of what you'd think of a pretty woman sticking her finger up your butt, her finger doesn't feel nice at all. She puts it up there far as she can go, then twists from side to side. Then the dreaded hook as she presses firmly from inside your rectum toward the area between your ball sack and butthole. Just when I think I'll have to piss before she's done, she pulls out and it's all over until next year. She actually takes a tissue and wipes jelly out of my buttcrack, which I find humiliating. She also smears the disgusting butt juice on her gloved finger onto a special card to see if I've got blood in my stool.

It's good to get the prostate check over with, but then I have to sit there and talk with her about health issues and lab work. It's difficult to look her in the face after she's just stuck her finger up my rectum. I guess the trade off of not being anxious and nervous waiting for her to do the DRE at the end of the visit, is being embarrassed after just having done. She's had her finger up my ass about 4 times now. I dread it a little less each time.

I remove exactly what I'm asked to remove. There's a reason why I'm being asked to disrobe, and to not follow through with the request is counterproductive to receiving the health care services that I'm there for in the first place.

I take off whatever the nurse or medical assistant asks me to take off and if they tell me to put on a gown or put a sheet over my lap I do so. The only time I got confused was once the nurse said to take off my clothes for a pre employment physical and put the gown on and tie it in the back. I assumed that meant take everything off. The nurse practitioner then asked me to do a squat for some reason and the gown came up and she said omg where’s your boxers?

For an office visit, I keep my underwear and socks on, gown or not. easy to drop shorts or remove a sock if needed. For a procedure, if asked, it all comes off but I ask to keep my socks on. Nurse said ok but put hospital socks over mine for my last colonoscopy. Obviously not if you go to the OR.

Different doctors for me do different things

GP for yearly physical, used to be strip as you go, drop the pants for the genital exam and DRE. Now is usually shirt off at some point but nothing more with a different doctor.

Derm: strip to underwear, wear a gown, and the gown ends up off at some point.

and she always told me to remove my briefs and left. On the later visits she stayed in the room until I did.

I guess to ensure you were ready for the doctor the way you were supposed to be.

The nurse practitioner then asked me to do a squat for some reason and the gown came up and she said omg where’s your boxers?

Hand it to her for looking in all the right places

I usually stay in my underwear until I'm asked to take them off

I Sawa response which was QUITE old, above which dealt with vague instruction for stripping.

I recently charged doctors and now have another female doctor.

After the urine, i was told to get into the gown, which I did…wearing my shorts.

Next time I think I will do as I have at other clinics which were much more specific and get nude.

When asked to disrobe I always leave my underwear on. I always hope when the doctor comes in that she will say “Please remove your underwear too”