At your last physical who told you to undress?

The nurse would tell me to undress at the start of the exam but the doctor would be the one to take off my underwear when it’s time for the genital exam.

At my last physical. I was told by the nurse to undress down to my birthday suit and give a urine sample before coming back in and receiving a full physical exam

My doctor initially comes into the room and talks to me about my previous lab work and any other questions I may have. I am fully clothed at this point. He then asks me to strip down to my boxers and socks and leaves the room for a few minutes. When he comes back, I am sitting on the table in my boxers waiting for him to start the exam

Nurse last time had it before doc came in. She left

The nurse. It's always the same, “Let's have you get ready for the doctor. Undress to your underpants.” She leaves and it's a race to strip down before the door opens. Actually, he takes a long time to return. She returns to check my weight and leaves. The doctor has me remove my briefs once he has finished feeling my abdomen for a full genital check and then stand for my hernia exam and DRE.

The Doctor, things are a it different here in germany

At my last exam, like most of my exams, the nurse was the one to ask me to get undressed, and it was right after the greeting and after she has escorted me to the exam room. She usually says something like, “Here is you gown. Please take off all of your clothes, including your underwear. The gown goes on with the opening in the back. The doctor will be in soon.”

The nurse told me to take my shirt off to do the EKG. After, she had me put it back on. And then my doctor had me take it off again.

Always the nurse.

The nurse of course

The last several physicals I've had I haven't had to take off more than my shirt to start. My most memorable exam was in 6th grade when the nurse said Ok this is a complete physical not just a quick check up so take off your shirt and your pants. I knew even then what that meant. I knew there was going to be a very thorough complete exam with genital exam. I anticipated that the entire time from the moment I got undressed.

I've never been told to take off all my clothes during a physical. Never.

During my induction physical in 1969 I was told to strip down to my skivvies by a corpsman (medic). Didn't think anything of it because the several hundred other 18 year-olds did the same thing.

During each reenlistment physical and for my final discharge physical before retiring, no one told me to strip so I didn't. I was told to drop my drawers for the DRE (Digital Rectal Exam better known as the finger wave), but that's it.

During my pre-employment physical for work in a steel mill no clothes were requested to be removed. 'cept my shoes when they checked my height and weight.

For a couple decades, civilian doctors did the finger wave, so I had to drop my trousers and skivvies, but even that practice has been dropped. My last physical - two weeks ago -(and all of 'em in the last decade or so) there has been no DRE, no requests to disrobe unless my shirt or jacket interferers with the sphygmomanometer, in which case I roll up my sleeve or take off my jacket.

Nurse/aid asks a series of questions to satisfy Medicare, the doc comes in and asks more questions about how I view my health, then I remove shoes and socks so they can check them for diabetic neuropathy. Still doing great.

When I was a teen into my early 20's the nurse would have me undress to my underpants. Once I got older it was the doctor who asked. When i was a teen, 1980's, modesty was never an issue and usually the nurse would stay in the room as my brother and I took off our clothing,not even bothering to pretend to do something else the nurse just stared at us as we went from jeans and shirts to Fruit of The Loom briefs. As an adult the doctor always leaves after she say ‘change out of you clothes into the gown and use the drape to cover your genitals’,

The Doctor, things are a it different here in germany

@patientin_Jacqui Can you describe in detail what the process is in Germany? What are the differences (if any) between going to your GP vs. gyno?

The doctor sad me to lower my pants so he can inspect my testicles, I was l lying on a bench for around 20 minutes

My last physical was for work and the older female nurse did the temp, BP and weight then updated my paperwork. Then she turned around and said I’m sorry but because this is a physical I need you to completely undress and you can put on this paper gown with the opening to the back and have a seat back on the table.

At my last physical, the Dr. said there would be 2 parts to my physical, a review of my blood work and other tests, followed by my physical exam which she said would include a full skin exam as well as a genital exam. So after part one that lasted about 40 min, she, the Dr., asked if I wanted a gown but that it would be removed for most of the exam. I said I was good with out one. So while she was in the room she told me to undress but I can leave my underwear on for now. She. Then had me lay down on the exam table and did some things. She then had me stand up and told me to remove my underwear and she then did the skin exam looking closely at each mole, from behind, and each side. she then had me turn towards her finished the skin exam then did the genital exam. in my previous 4 physical exams, i never had a pelvic or prostate exam and in fact, I never had to remove any clothing. So, all in all, I feel this was my most comprehensive physical I have had in many years. Embarrassed and surprised a bit at first but relaxed at the end??

I had my annual physical yesterday, with a new (to me) doctor in a new practice. She is a middle-aged woman, nice-looking in her photo (but in person who can tell with covid mask and face shield). We established a nice rapport. But she didn't ask me to undress :-( and the closest she got to any intimate touching was to auscultate my stomach - down to the belt-line of my pants but no further - and I didn't even get close to being aroused. Ah, well…

I wonder if, in the U.S. at least, doctor-patient interactions have begun to be viewed as too sexually fraught, with patients sometimes becoming aroused, so the medical profession has gradually done away with them? Or perhaps it's only the case for opposite-gendered cases like this one? In the not too distant past, I've had my prostate examined by much-younger (and female) PAs. But there was no hint of that yesterday! Sigh…

I honestly can’t ever remember a time when I was asked to undress by the Doctor I was seeing. It’s always been the nurse who asks prior to the Doctor coming in the exam room.

It’s always a nurse after she’s done my basic intake vitals. How far depends on the exam. It’s usually, “please take everything off except for your underpants and put this gown on opening in the back”. Unless it’s my gyn in which case it’s “everything off opening in the front.”

Occasionally for specialist procedures it’s different. For example, I had a colposcopy some years ago and it was “remove everything below the waist and you can cover yourself with this sheet.” Ditto when I had a urodymamic study done and a trans vag ultrasound.

At my last physical, the female doctor informed me to undress. In fact she was a student at that time. It happened shortly before she wanted to listen to my heart. I did not had to wait undressed for her, because I undressed in her presence. At the end of her exam I had took off my shirt only.

The last exam I had was on June 21, 2021. The doctor who did my exam, came into the exam room while I was completely clothed, reviewed the medical history I completed on the insurance company’s Website, and then told me to “get stripped down to your undershorts, while I step out for a few minutes.” It took me less than a minute to get everything off and gave me time to get my junk adjusted for the best appearance and so everything would fall out cleanly if I had to drop the briefs.

I was checked in by the nurse who had a gown sitting on the exam table as i walked in. I knew right away what was going to happen and instantly became excited. After she left i put on the gown and waited for the doc to enter, he did the typical exam and at the end asked me to stand up and remove my boxer briefs, I did so while he grabbed a pair of exam gloves and i proceed to watch as he felt my penis and balls. Once done he turned around, disposed of the glove and told me to pull my undies back up and finished the rest of the exam.

Went for a full body skin exam last week. The nurse came in to take usual history and since my meds had changed I handed her my phone with the list on it. While she was entering the information, she told me I needed to undress to my underwear. She asked if I wanted a gown or a drape. I chose just a drape and she handed me on. I undressed and she finished up typing and left. A few minutes later the doctor came in and did the usual exam. She had me stand up to look at my back and pulled my briefs down for a look at my bum. No problems so it was over pretty quickly.

At my last physical I was told to strip down to my underwear, I layed on the table waiting. my doctor came in and greeted me. Examined my upper body then abdomen, stood me up and measured my weight. For the genital exam he pulled my underwear all the way down and asked me to step out of them and performed a genital exam. Then i was just asked to do some excerises

@exam_doc What did you wear to the exam?

@exam_doc What did you wear to the exam?

I wore a dress shirt, chinos, belt, white Hanes briefs, loafers without socks and no watch. I had never seen this doctor so I did not have any idea about his routine. My strategy for dressing was to optimize the awkwardness of the experience and exaggerate the power shift as much as possible by being as scantly dressed as possible. Unless he left my shoes on, I wanted to be barefoot just in case I was told to take off my shoes and I could leave my socks on. If he left my pants on and had me drop my pants and underwear, having chinois and a belt would increase the awkwardness of dropping them. On the outside chance that he would take my pants down for me, the belt and pants would make that more awkward and complicated too. As it turned out, the doctor told me to strip down to my “undershorts.” When he returned to the room, I was dressed in absolutely nothing except those white Hanes briefs.

I have a female GP. Last couple of physicals I only had to remove my shirt, but those physicals were given by her assistant. The prior physical performed by my doc, the nurse told me to take off everything and put the gown on, open in front. I tied the various ties on the short gown, but still left genitals exposed.

When visiting my [male] dermatologist, he'd tell me to strip naked for the initial part of the exam, then let me put my briefs on after checking butt and genital areas.

My Dr did since her nurse was off that day. she said specifically said to remove ALL my clothes including my underwear

My new GP doctor for the last 8 years has never had me undress. The only doctors i undress for are my Gyn, Urologist and Dermatologist