When do you expect to disrobe completely?

I wonder in which cases you go to the docotor with the thought, beeing aked to disrobe completely?

I beleive either for a complete medical visiting the first time a new doc or going for a checkup at the hospital.

Surgery, both inpatient and outpatient, and at the dermatologist. Also for MRI exams.

I wish PCPs would still do exams.

Well, keeping the Florida post in mind, 😃 male doctors in the West Village and Chelsea areas of NYC will order male patients to strip completely at their physicals, exam rooms being in the basement of buildings as will most NYC dermatology doctors if the patient states that he wants a full body scan.

It is definitely required for a complete physical examination, the dermatologist for a complete skin exam, or other specialists like a urologist. Some doctors seem to allow leaving your underwear on under the gown before being completely disrobed.

The urologist? I see a urologist regularly for prostate issues. I've never had to completely disrobe. The urologist doesn't care about my upper body or legs.

Complete physicals just don't happen anymore. Everything is superficial or referred out to a specialist.

The dermatologist is one of the few places that I get completely naked - despite the usual instructions to keep shorts on.

Yeah I have been to a dermatologist once for a problem and also asked for a complete skin exam. Told to strip leave underwear on and gown. Then had the one nurse in the room with the doctor while he did the exam. Low and be hold barely looked at me at all naked. Didn't check my genitals my butt or in between my thighs. I do plan to get a appointment set up soon and just ask for a complete body scan. Then address some issues.

We need posts from NYC and California, which tend to keep from gown and fully dressed creep.

At my annual physical with my primary care doctor I strip naked and cover with a drape. At the dermatologist for complete skin exam I do the same. At the urologist I just drop my pants except for a special procedure where I might be naked from the waist down. I've had ultrasounds at a clinic where I was naked under a gown and for surgery.

I was 11 years old, the doctor did a full exam on me in the hospital. I got undress in my room and they put in bed and wheel me down to another room for my exam.

Only in case of a sportexamination i think

@jds4med what is a PCP!?

@jds4med what is a PCP!?

Primary Care Physician = not a specialist

I've never had to disrobe completely. At my PCP the most undressed I've gotten was down to my underwear which I lowered when he examined my genitals. I had a urologic procedure where I had to completely remove my pants and underwear but left my shirt and socks on. I've never had to get fully undressed at the doctor's.

I had a physical this week and the nurse told me to take everything off and to put a gown on with ties in the back.

I had a physical this week and the nurse told me to take everything off and to put a gown on with ties in the back.

Please continue...

I don't know that I have ever been asked to strip completely for an office visit.

For surgery and colonoscopy, yes, but not at an office visit.

Come to think of it, at my last colonoscopy I kept my socks on.

Since you asked, Jds4med. I checked in at the reception desk with my wife and was given a two page form of conditions, procedures and symptoms that they wanted to know if there had been any changes from my last physical which was about 18 months ago. I sat down in the lobby and filled it out and a short time later the nurse came out and called my name. My wife and I followed her to the small room with the scale and after being weighed, we were escorted to an exam room. We sat down in two chairs and the nurse started asking about medications – no changes – and then she took my blood pressure and noted that it was quite high. After we talked a little about her family, we have known her for a while, she opened a drawer on the exam table and took out a gown and a folded paper sheet. Then she told me to take everything off and put the gown on with the ties in the back and the doctor would be in shortly, and she left. I got totally undressed and put the gown on and sat on the end of the exam table and within about five minutes the doctor knocked on the door and walked in. She proceeded to sit down on the rolling stool and asked me how I was. After asking me a few more questions and talking to my wife who is also her patient, she got up and got the light and first looked in both ears. Then she looked in both nostrils and took a tongue depressor and had a look in my throat. After checking the glands of my throat got her stethoscope out and listened to my heart. Then she put it on my back and had me take some deep breaths as she continued listening. Next she had me lay down and she took the paper sheet and opened it and covered the lower half of my body while she raised the gown above my chest and started to palpitate my abdomen. Satisfied that all was well above the waist, she started to check my feet and legs. My wife mentioned that I had just had a PSA a month ago with the urologist so the doctor asked what the results were and if he did a DRE. I told her that it was fine and yes he did, so she said we don’t have to do another one today. I wasn’t going to say anything about the urologist. I did tell the doctor that all the urologist ever does is just a DRE that he never checks for testicular cancer so she said well we certainly can check that as well as check for hernias so stand down here. She then got up and went to the wall where the gloves are and snapped on a pair of blue exam gloves and told me to lift the gown out of the way. She first checked both testicles then had me cough as she checked for hernias. The gown was in the way so I could not see any of what she was doing. My wife was sitting in the corner and had a bird’s eye view of the whole procedure if she wanted to watch which I doubt she did. The doctor then said everything looks good, she ordered some routine lab work and a follow up in six months and she left. Total time of exam was about 25 minutes and I was satisfied with the results.

During my annual physical I am completely undressed for the last few minutes. My doctor has me remove my underwear then asks me to spread my legs a liitle and has me place my hands behind my head at which time I hear the snap of the gloves for the testicular exam. Then she has me bend over so she can assess my lower back for any potential problems. Then I stand back up and lean over the exam table for a prostate exam.

My wife was sitting in the corner and had a bird’s eye view of the whole procedure if she wanted to watch which I doubt she did.

First, thank you for posting the details of your exam. Why do you feel that your wife wouldn't want to watch your exam, especially the more intimate parts? Why was she there if she had no interest in watching your exam? Were you secretly disappointed when you wife mentioned that you already had your PSA and DRE? Were you hoping for another one at this doctor?

JimmyJohnson, we go to each others medical appointments first and foremost because we are interested in the health of each other. I on the other hand also have an ulterior motive. Several years ago she accompanied me to a urology appointment and when it came time for the DRE, I had a chance to look straight at her and she had a chance to look and see what the doctor was doing but instead she purposely look away. Another time we started talking about playing doctor as children and she admitted doing it but when I asked for more details she clammed right up and acted like I was a pervert. So I keep my Medfet to myself and she allows me to accompany her to her exams. Yes I was disappointed she mentioned the PSA because I was indeed hoping for another DRE from my primary care physician. I realize it is a waste of valuable doctors time but I still consider it a part of the whole physical that I was paying for.

From what I have experienced recently there wasn't much thought for patient modesty. no gowns was was the norm for physical exams and doctors seen to be more through am I right.These days it seems doctor's spend more time worrying about patient modest than examining patients allthrough I don't have much experience in this myself.what do people think should boys and or girls expect to be nude for school physicals etc should adults expect to be nude for physicals is modest getting in the way of proper exams.Your views please.

For my physicals, my doctor waits until almost the end to check me for a hernia and to feel my balls for testicle cancer. Until then, I am fully clothed and only "drop them" when he tells me to. It kind of sucks cause I enjoy being naked and would like my entire exam to be that way. Maybe I should find a less traditional doctor.

In my case the same procedure as "Turkent"!

When doing a physical for military service, I was told to strip to my underwear by the (female) doctor. True to the rumor, at some point she told me to pull down my briefs and then palpated my testicles. I could then pull my briefs back up.

F4101, covering males, so to speak, I think that a return to boys in their underwear, only, for a group or individual physical examination would move things in the right direction. If boys have come to expect to be fully dressed, this might cause a ripple, but not a rational one. For men, there have been those who await a doctor stripped to underwear only, per instructions, or gown only, and who are instructed to take their underwear off to start the exam, or keep the gown on only until the chest is checked, taking it down and off. I think that this really gets resolved between doctor and patient, it might, for some, be too much to request, fully dressed doctor and naked patient, especially at a first encounter. But fully dressed, never.

If by disrobed completely, you mean stripping down and putting on a gown, then I would expect that in any stay in the hospital or for some outpatient surgeries. If you went into the emergency room with after a serious auto accident by ambulance, then that would probably happen then too. I have had a few doctors for physicals where stripping down completely and putting on a gown is required although I have been in my underwear only for more exams than naked under a gown. Anyone go to the emergency room for evaluation and not have to strip down and put on a gown and under what circumstances? Has anyone had both experiences in an emergency room?

For office visits I have never been asked to undress completely nude, with the exception of my first pre-employment physical. If the doc needs to check down there, he just asks me to lower my pants and undies to my knees, quick check and it's over at the end of the exam. Usually it's differed too. I would expect disrobing completely if somebody is rushed to the hospital involving trauma or is unconscious though.