Is Being required to strip naked for medical check up common?

I have recently had an annual medical check up and was surprised at being requested to strip naked by the doctor. In previous exams I have been asked to remove my shirt and the edge down trousers and underwear for testicular exam. For my latest exam, I had a brief chat with the doctor at his desk and was then asked to step over to the exam couch (one step away in a small room) and asked by the doctor to undress down to my underpants. He pulled a curtain across the room, went back to his desk and carried on talking as I undressed. I stripped down to my white boxers and immediately the doctor pulled back the curtain. He did a reasonably thorough exam and then asked me to take my boxer shorts off. He stepped away, pulled the curtain closed and as I stripped naked he made quick notes at his computer. I sat on the edge of the bed and a moment later he pulled back the curtain. He then asked me to lie flat on the bed and pressed his fingers around my groin area before a testicular exam. I was then asked to get dressed. Is being asked to strip fully naked common?

I take everything off and am given a gown.

My husband does the same thing.

Is being asked to strip fully naked common?

Sadly, it's not all that common anymore. But in my opinion, I feel like I didn't receive a thorough exam unless I'm undressed completely.

I guess it depends on the situation, and location. I think in some countries undressing completely is expected, still, for whatever you see a medical professional about. But, it seems less so in the States, nowadays.

If they give me a gown, I usually take everything off, completely, even if they've said just down to underwear, I conveniently forget they said that part. But, if there are no gowns, then I'll leave my briefs on, although I'd prefer to just be naked, which just seems more practical, (and, I normally haven't worn underwear for many years, I only do so when I'm going to a medical appointment, so it's not really most comfortable to me.)

When I was a child I would be asked to remove all clothing except for my panties until about 17, then I was finally given a gown with only panties underneath but the gown for come off for the breast and genital exams, or right when the doctor walked in he would say "gown off".

I would never be completely naked. During the genital exam I would get to keep a shirt on.

I've had four sports physicals in as many years, from three different doctors. Regarding the hernia check / genital portion, one was underwear and gown, sitting or laying on the table, one was underwear only on the table, one was underwear while standing, one was naked while standing. The first two (table) were with my male GP. The second two were done at walk-in clinics. I sat on the bench or stood with my underwear on for the woman PA, and was asked to take my underwear off when the male doctor needed to do that part of the exam. I didn't bother putting them back on for the remainder of the exam.

I just went to the dermatologist for chronic hives. It's been hot here in California. I came with a tank top, shorts, underwear and flipflops. She first took my history. During the physical she was very talkative, telling me everything she found. She felt around for lymph nodes in my armpits, groin, elbows, looked at my nail beds with a magnifier. She found a couple skin tags in my armpits. I can't remember what the nail beds exam was for. She looked carefully at my scalp, around the ears. She had me take off my shirt, revealing several rashes on my back. She noted I'd been scratching a place on my side. I also had some on my forearms. She casually asked me to drop my shorts and underwear. Not wanting to trip I stepped out of them. She examined every square inch. paying attention to and pressing on the hernia scar from a couple years ago. She commented on the hemorrhoid and other rashes on my hip, and next to my scrotum on the left. She had me sit on the end of exam table, and examined between my toes and bottom of my feet. I told her I'd had athlete' foot for years, but after being treated for Valley Fever, it went away.

The doctor didn't change her tone of voice or pace of the examination after I was naked. As soon as the exam was over she told me I could dress. The treatments--antihistamines (loratadine) and topical triamcinolone--were discussed after I dressed.

I don't think that it is all that common nowadays. The many exams ( mostly at school ) when I was younger, I always ended up totally naked. Exactly the same for my first two medicals as an adult. Being fairly healthy ( and with no system of annual check ups for the vast majority of adults in the UK ), I did not visit a doctor for a physical exam for almost 30 years. The last few exams I have had, I have hardly had to undress at all. Maybe it's a time issue....I don't know...but GPs nowadays seem almost reluctant to adk their patients to undress any more than is absolutely necessary. I had some physiotherapy a short while ago. I felt it was better for me to strip down to t shirt & shorts (with 'respectable' undies beneath). My lady physiotherapist seemed slightly surprised, but she was in agreement. During the course of six sessions, she commented that most patients she encountered seemed reluctant to remove even a minimal amount of clothing. Here in the UK we have a scheme whereby people of my age (65) can have a free Health Check Exam. I am going to arrange one shortly. I will keep you all posted......

I very much doubt you will be asked to undress to any large extent during your "Free health check exam" It will be interesting to hear what happened though.

I recently had my annual physical with my new female primary care doctor. I was completely naked with no robe or johnnie. I have my six month periodic "skin test" scheduled with my female dermatologist next week and as in the past I will be completely naked for that exam as well. Very erotic for me but my doctors are completely professional.

I saw my urologist recently and he just asked me to drop my pants and underwear so he could examine my penis and do a DRE.

Being asked to strip completely isn't common in my experience but I'd prefer to strip completely for an exam as long as it was through.

I guess i some countries it sometimes has to do with the age of the Patient

I am never asked to strip naked, I do end up nude at the end of the examination, but it is a gradual process whereby at the end I remove my shorts for the testicle and prostate checks. Same at the dermatologist - shorts removed at the very end.

I've never been required to strip down complitely, but only up to pants.

It is an interesting question because such arousal condision can be exaiting for many of us in this site.

Whenever I am asked to take off everything, they give me a gown or drape. Haven't stripped down completely st the start since I was a teenager and the urologist required that.

At my last annual physical with our family female Dr. I was asked if an intern could be present. The intern was also a young female, the intern did the checkup while the Dr. watched. It was a complete checkup, testicles, prostate everything. I shave completely and things went very well, it was interesting standing nude in front of two women with them discussing the exam.

Depends on what you mean by being required to strip naked for a medical checkup. I usually end up nude with my underwear all the way off or almost nude with my underwear around my ankles at the end of the exam but have never had an exam where an exam started with me naked. I grew up with group school sports but we were always in our underpants only until the hernia exam at the end. We weighed in nude for wrestling in high school and in college but other than a quick look at our skin while we were on the scale or approaching the scale, I wouldn't say that counted as a nude physical.

Have never once been asked to strip fully naked, but I wouldn't mind it!

Thanks for all of the replies. Interestingly I don't think the doctor had grown up or been trained in the UK so it may be that he came from a different experience. He spoke with a heavy accent so I wonder if different procedures exist in different places. His asking me to strip naked with him in the room seem quite normal to him.

Only at my Dermatologist's annual full body checks. She has me remove everything, including wrist watch and rings. They hand me a small paper towel that just covers my genitals. She comes in and removes the towel and inspects my behind first, then front genital area. The rest of the exam is done with me totally nude; between toes, fingers, scalp.

My F.P. Dr. never removes any clothing. He has me unbutton my slacks and feels my abdomen; does a PSA blood test, rather than a DRE, never takes my socks off, because I am not diabetic.

Urologist always has me nude from waist down, so he can do his cystoscopy and then, bladder ultra sound. Q 6 mos.

Vascular surgeon removes slacks and socks. Does ultra sound of abdomen and legs; also takes my BP in both ankles and on each toe. Also, q6mos.

Sounds like you had a great exam @bratwurst

thanks for posting about it. glad to hear that you're well.

Being asked to remove all clothing should be the norm for a physical, however it hasn't been the case in my experiences. Sometimes I want to inquire with the nurse/assistant, what makes her think that I am in fact wearing underwear, after she instructs me to remove my clothing *but leave your underwear on!* remark.

At 6 month to one year dermatologist exams, I am asked by an assistant if I "will want a gown to be ready for Lily", the very nice 30 something female PA examiner. So, I strip nude and put on the gown which is soon moved to where it is not in the way of full exposure.

My exams include a full body once or twice over with a scanner device which supposedly sees tell tale abnormalities in moles, skin tabs, etc.

The most recent visit in July I was scanned in front, head, sides and back and then placed on my back for a closer look at tabs and bumps in groin area. She put on a glove and gently pulled my penis and scrotum up and aside to see into the crotch where suspicious but so far benign tabs exist. That was enjoyable for a CFNM hobbyist like me. She seemed to enjoy it also, though fully professional about the need for this intimacy.

More seriously, there was a pre-cancerous lesion on left ear which she froze off and two questionable skin tabs were removed with scissors from armpit area. So I'm grateful to have a PA who does a thorough exam to find small problems before they enlarge. Not sure I meant to imply any hanky panky, the way I stated it! LOL

I haven't had to strip naked for an exam, unless it was when I was little. I honestly don't remember. I was just wondering now, with the limited time that doctors now have with patients, if that is why people don't have to undress all the way? Perhaps it's a time saver, to get people in and out quicker, so they can see other patients. Just a thought....

I have never had a physical where I was completely naked and 100% on display. Every time I've been told to remove all my clothes I'm always given a gown to put on. That gown will then be lowered, raised, and manipulated so the doctor can see or touch whatever body part that is needed. I have also had physicals that I have had to strip down to my underwear for the entire exam. Those were then around my ankles at the end of the exam. The one and only time I have been completely naked was after a surgery before being moved to my room in the hospital. Two nurses completely removed my gown and inspected every inch of my skin verifying I didn't have any open sores.

My current physician has me strip to my briefs. No gown, which has never made me feel any more protected, and often just was in the way or so it seemed. As the exam is my annual, I will be asked to lower and subsequently remove my briefs. Removal follows his abdominal exam as he will examine my genitals with me laying back and then he has had me turn onto my side for a prostate exam. He then asks me to stand. A hernia exam follows and then an inspection of my anus and sometimes a finger if not done previously.

When I had a colonoscopy they have you just wear a gown for obvious reasons. For annual physicals I keep all my clothes on. For a skin cancer check they have you keep your underwear on and wear a gown. I have never had a doctor ask me to strip nude. They have no reason to tell you to do that.

It used to be in 1989 for some. Credit/blame the reaching out to the Ann Landers and the Dear Abbys in part as the reason there is overboard with modesty these days.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-03-24-8903290605-story.html

It used to be in 1989 for some. Credit/blame the reaching out to the Ann Landers and the Dear Abbys in part as the reason there is overboard with modesty these days.

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And to top it off, so many, if not most or virtually all of those supposedly sent in letters for advice, were made up and fake as can be. I'm pretty certain that all kinds of moral majority, goody-goody average family, legion of decency types of organizations, large or small, would let their two cents be known to these kinds of advice columnists.

Just another way to sway opinion and how people thought about things without being obvious or preachy about it.