What do you wear going to the doctor?

When I was a teen I liked to wear nice clothes as a way of disguising my anxiety about having to undress, usually to my briefs though sometimes nude. The nice clothes made me feel like I had control until I had to disrobe, the disrobing was a way of surrendering control to the doctor. As I grew older this mattered much less but I still wear freshly washed clothes. Today my doctor has me change into a gown with a drape with nothing on underneath, so I also make sure that I shower and get clean before I go in for my checkup. Generally I go in the morning (to be able to eat as I have overnight fasting) during the winter. After my doctor leaves the rooms and give me my gown and drape I remove everything and I get my bare self on the table. From there I place the drape over my genitals and put the gown on open to the back. I then take a picture of my clothes and coat on the chair to remind myself how naked I am.

... After my doctor leaves the rooms and give me my gown and drape I remove everything and I get my bare self on the table. From there I place the drape over my genitals and put the gown on open to the back.

Interesting. I never would have thought to put the drape under the gown. Is there a specific reason for this? Does anybody else do this? I guess if you lay back for the abdominal exam and the doctor raises the gown to expose your belly, this still leaves your genitals covered. When I've had this done, with the drape over the gown, the doctor has used one hand to hold the drape in place and used their other hand to raise the gown.

@medfetperson On a sidenote to your post, I do love standing bare assed naked in an exam room looking at my pile of clothes and the exam table. It's such a rush!

Tshirt and track bottoms with underpants on,9 times out of 10 i dont have to take anything of

I never give it much thought. I just wear what I would normally wear to run errands. My doctor doesn't usually ask me to undress.

I always wear one of my favorite outfits when going to the doctors .

I dress nice, usually a skirt and top. I try to make sure sub looks nice as well, but he can be so independent with his choices.

Being I don't do dress up all that often most of the time, work means work clothes most days. It is nice to change up my look. Despite the reason for doing so.

My exams are usually scheduled in the late spring when it’s warm out. I’ll usually wear gym shorts and a tee shirt; cloths that are easy to take off. Depending on how warm it is, I may Or may not go commando.

My doctor currently schedules two physicals per day, I schedule my appointment depending on my work schedule. At my last visit I left work early so I had on a wrap dress with matching bra and underwear (extremely modest). I’m usually asked to undress down to just my underwear no bra, but at the end of my physical my doctor has me go behind the changing curtain and slip my bra on so he can check my walk without a gown.

Sometimes casual, sometimes dressy. If it's dressy it's a pink button down blouse with coordinating scark, black dress slacks and black unisex Gucci loafers

I usually try to shower right before my appointment. I put on clean white briefs. I usually wear jeans and a t-shirt above that unless I have to be wearing something else for something taking place after my doctor's appointment. Doesn't matter anyway since it's all coming off.

Scrubs. Comfortable. Also reminds doc I have a medical frame of reference so he doesn't have to waste time explaing things to me.

If anything I try to wear clean underwear, but I mostly wear tshirts and either gym shorts or sweat pants these days

I have never given this much thought. I schedule my appointments for in the morning before work so I am clean and my clothes are clean, I don't wear my work boots just tennis shoes. I just wear my regular clothes. I try to wear a short sleeve shirt it just makes it easier for the nurse to take my blood pressure but otherwise, I just wear blue jeans, underwear, socks and tennis shoes. My doctor usually has me naked and in a gown for my physicals, so what ever I have on is more than likely going to be coming off.

If I need to be naked , it’s decided well in advance with nurses to remove my clothes my rubber pants my diapers. Urology nurses rapidly capture my urethra with foley as soon as diaper is opened once my urethra is neutralized , I am log rolled to my side off the diaper and get a rectal catheter once my waste is being managed . Then like every doc I have will rotate thru seeing me , ordering tests MRI’s and just about every test you can imagine . A quad physical is always done inpatient and takes about 3 days to pass all the tests ( I never pass all mine I will always have some odd bullshit out of whack they have to chase down and figure out why it’s out of whack . I go to the doctor the same way I do anything heavily diapered until the hospital assumes control.

About 20 years ago I had a primary care doctor who always had me naked for the exam. His nurse would take vitals and then instruct me to get completely undressed "including socks and underwear." She'd then hand me a folded bedsheet to use as a drape and to have a seat on the table and place the sheet over my lap. The exams with that doc were usually a full 30 minutes, with the drape gone and on the floor after about 5. In those days, the appointments were scheduled before work, so if usually be in a coat and tie, which tended to enhance the experience.

Nowadays, since I work remotely most days, it's usually jeans and a dress shirt.

One note to add, because of a small testicular cyst, my urologist recommends that I wear compression shorts as underwear - the kind of thing most athletes now wear instead of a jock strap. In order to minimize movement and reduce discomfort, I was instructed to put them on with my penis up toward my belly. If course, with gravity, it doesn't stay there. The result is that, as it slides down, it assumes the appearance of a small, uncircumcised acorn maybe an inch long.

If I'm told to remove my underwear when I put on my gown, everything returns to normal proportions long before the doctor comes in. If I'm told to leave my underwear on, when it comes time for the genital exam it's still a small, uncircumcised acorn - to the point where I've been asked to retract my foreskin once. Rather embarrassing.

I'd say it varies by doctor......my usual PCP I wear whatever I would have on anyway. He tends to not have me strip down, but rather lifts my shirt up to do an EKG. If I go to the dermatologist I wear something easy to take off...as she usually has be strip down to my underwear. I have worn a thong to that appointment which got her attention.

It varies. Usual attire: Summertime probably just gym shorts, jock underneath. I have loose, low hangers in warm weather, so I need the support.

Colder weather, usually sweatpants, with nothing under.