Doctor visits

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  Tom D

  Sep 5, 2018

  Now that I go to urologist and dermatologist annually, my primary doctor doesn't have me undress at all. He even listens to my lungs and heart with my shirt on!
  Urologist has me stay dressed until he arrives and then tells me to drop my pants and underwear for the exam. I don't wear underwear and he has never mentioned the lack of it.
  Dermatologist's assistant tells me to strip to my underwear so I wear it when I go there, even though I never do otherwise. When the doctor comes in, after he has checked the rest of my body, he looks inside my underwear but does not have me remove it.
  For the cardiologist, I say I am more comfortable shirtless for he EKG than with a rolled up shirt, so I take my shirt off and leave it off for the rest of the exam.

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• RI

  

  Richard

  Dec 25, 2018

  Doc doesnt require it, but I feel that if he is going to examine me I may as well be nude. Usually when I am out in the exam room and waiting for the doc I just strip down. Just easier to get on with the exam. Doc doesnt seem to mind.

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• ME

  Member

  Dec 30, 2018

  I have a great doctor who was more concerned about how I felt the first time he had to do a complete annual skin survey. He asked me to take my t-shirt off, then put it back on then take my shorts off, examined me and then asked me to lower my underwear. A year later, for my second annual skin survey, the same routine started, and instead of putting my shirt back on I asked him if it wouldn't be easier for both of us if I just got naked. He laughed and said yes, so I stripped, he did the exam and then I sat down on the exam table and remained naked while we chatted about my health in general and he entered notes on his computer. We chatted briefly about our respective summer holiday plans then I started putting my clothes back on. Since then, when I go in for my skin scan, I just start undressing when he comes in the exam room.

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• JA

  Jamie65

  Mar 25, 2019

  Only ever had one doctor ask me to completely undress and it was the easiest medical I ever had much easier to be completely nude

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• ME

  Member

  Mar 25, 2019

  Well let me tell you, when trying to have a baby, multiple ultrasounds and 3 I. U. I's at this point my doctor as seen me without pants more times then he has seen me where I keep my pants on for the appt LOL

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  Mcdcvs

  Mar 25, 2019

  I see my Dr about once a month for blood preasure checks. She always starts to listen to my heart and lungs through my shirt but always ask if she can lift it up to hear better. I would just take it off but not sure of her comfortablity. For my physical, the first year she told me that they usually have patients put gowns on but the one size fits all doesnt apply to me so I kept my cloths on for the bulk of the exam. Last year and this, when it came time for the below the waist, she said to just drop my pants to my ankles. She turned her back to prep the table and I just took my pants off and assumed the position. I think because I was so comfortable being exposed, she did examine my testicals, penis and hernia. She had also said that there was supposed to be another person in there with us but I dont think the assistants wanted any part of my exam.

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• RO

  Rob

  Mar 25, 2019

  Its easy for me. My Dr is a friend of mine and a Urologist. I show up and go down to just a jockstrap. He and his staff, all guys, have seen me in it and it makes life easy. He has access to check my equipment up front and also out back for the prostate exam, which he does twice a year since I had a nasty infection in mine.

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• ME

  Member

  Mar 31, 2019

  well about to find here other half said I need a good body exam naked since she told the doc we nudists so a skin cancer check has been ordered

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• ME

  Member

  Mar 31, 2019

  have no idea if it will be a Female doc or Male doc but not matter been seen by lots of at resorts so not afraid of being naked when health is concerned!!!

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• NU

  

  NudistFan1

  Apr 1, 2019

  I think that depends on why you went - I had a lump near my balls, so he had me drop my balls and looked. Certainly for a man, if they are checking your prostate, they have penetrate, but other than that they are not going to have you undress unless you are going to a skin specialist and want him or her to examine personal imperfections. Just my opinions

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  nudeyooper

  Apr 1, 2019

  My doc is female. My last visit required an examination of my groin area for a skin condition. I was wearing only the gown that was constantly in the way, but just pulled it aside for that exam. The prostate naturally left my backside fully exposed and her supervisor also female did a check to confirm. Even though I expressed being comfortable while completely naked, I think protocol dictates the gown.

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• JA

  Jamie65

  Apr 3, 2019

  Only ever had one exam where the doctor asked me to strip completely, easiest exam I ever had felt a lot better than having hand down my pants or just pulling them down like a flasher

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• FU

  

  FullSun

  Jul 10, 2019

  I had a urologist appointment late last week. The female doctor came in, talked with me and then asked to do exam. I dropped my shorts (Im alway commando these days if I have to wear clothes), stood there and she sat in front of me and examined me lifting my scrotum etc. it was very professional as I would expect and no discomfort on anyones part. She could not have missed my all-over tan which I have a feeling helped her realize even more that it did not bother me in the slightest.

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• SH

  

  ShavedNudist27

  Dec 23, 2019

  When I go to a dermatologist appointment, I am given a robe and told to remove all my clothes but I can keep my underwear on. Being a freeballer, I'm totally nude for the exam. I tell the doctor that I'm a nudist, so she checks that area as well.

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• JA

  

  Jason

  Jul 28, 2020

  [quote]I have a female "Primary Care Giver" and a female Dermatologist. I have a male Urologist.Allhave me strip completely nude during a complete examination. Anything less is just plain dumb. If your nude body offends your doctor, find a new doctor.[/quote] I agree with you. However, I've never had my primary doctor ask me to strip naked. I wouldn't mind but not sure why he would need me to do that. My dermatologist on the other hand, should examine me completely naked. It's important for them to examine every inch of skin. That examination is always done with me wearing only underware. Maybe next time I should go commando! LOL

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• JA

  

  Jason

  Jul 28, 2020

  [quote]I have a female "Primary Care Giver" and a female Dermatologist. I have a male Urologist.Allhave me strip completely nude during a complete examination. Anything less is just plain dumb. If your nude body offends your doctor, find a new doctor.[/quote] I agree with you. However, I've never had my primary doctor ask me to strip naked. I wouldn't mind but not sure why he would need me to do that. My dermatologist on the other hand, should examine me completely naked. It's important for them to examine every inch of skin. That examination is always done with me wearing only underware. Maybe next time I should go commando! LOL

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• CN

  cnn277

  Jul 30, 2020

  I've been asked to strip down to underwear, but never fully naked. When I was in hospital though for an operation though, that was different, I was shaved while fully naked.

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  cnn277

  Jul 30, 2020

  I've been asked to strip down to underwear, but never fully naked. When I was in hospital though for an operation though, that was different, I was shaved while fully naked.

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• ST

  

  Steve

  Jul 30, 2020

  I recently had a whole-body skin flareup for which I saw three doctors. First, my primary care doctor, where I removed my shirt to show him what was happening; I then suggested he check my thigh/groin area and without any fuss about it, removed my pants - I never wear a second layer - for the rest of the exam; that done, he told me I could put my pants back on, and we continued our interview, which concluded with a dermatologist referral.

  In the meantime, I went to a naturopathic physician, again first taking my shirt off; he asked me if I was comfortable undressing, and I said yes; he asked me if I was comfortable repositioning so he could better examine the groin area, and again of course I agreed. Without prompting, I dressed again before sitting down for the rest of our interview.

  First visit to the dermatologist, I wasn't even asked to take my shirt off, which I found very strange. Without even touching me, she just sized up my forearms and face, diagnosed me, and wrote a couple of prescriptions and made a followup appointment. At the followup, I was met by a male nurse who handed me a gown and told me to change into it for an exam. For the exam, the doctor shifted the gown this way and that, carefully avoiding seeing the genitalia, and nonetheless sent me away with particular instructions for how to treat that area. I found the whole thing to be kind of bizarre. The clinic sent me a followup satisfaction survey, where I did say that I found the cursory-ness of the exam to be disconcerting. The doctor was willing to spend a good amount of time with me - at one point we ended our visit only when the nurse came in to brief her on her next patient, hint-hint. So I don't know quite what's up with the exam - whether she's shy, or expects patients to be, or just figures she's seen it all and doesn't need additional info.

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• BO

  bob

  Aug 12, 2020

  after reading some of the posts i want to say As an American vet of the Vietnam era I go to the VAM for most of my health care and in the last decade the numbers of Non American born Doctors (I'm using the word loosely ) has increased and doubled , They are mostly Indian or Shrelancans and they are not good doctors to have if you want a dr that wants to see all of you , I think it's a waste of good time to have them sorta so called drs, Heck American born female Doctors are better than them kind any day] I also thnk to get undressed and put on a Bass Akward gown just for the doctors personal comfort and for Patient / doctor political Correctness is actual disrespectfull to the patient!

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• RI

  

  Rick

  Aug 12, 2020

  [quote]after reading some of the posts i want to say As an American vet of the Vietnam era I go to the VAM for most of my health care and in the last decade the numbers of Non American born Doctors (I'm using the word loosely ) has increased and doubled , They are mostly Indian or Shrelancans and they are not good doctors to have if you want a dr that wants to see all of you , I think it's a waste of good time to have them sorta so called drs, Heck American born female Doctors are better than them kind any day] I also thnk to get undressed and put on a Bass Akward gown just for the doctors personal comfort and for Patient / doctor political Correctness is actual disrespectfull to the patient![/quote] What's disrespectful is the way that you have characterized duly licensed physicians who have taken the same course work and passed the same boards as any "American" born doctor. Not only is your ethnocentricity showing (to be as polite as humanly possible) but so is your respect for others. My doctors follow the norms in the medical community and for general check-ups and physicals go with the norm of patients being gowned. And yes, my doctors are American born.

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• JO

  

  John

  Aug 12, 2020

  [quote] in the last decade the numbers of Non American born Doctors (I'm using the word loosely ) has increased and doubled [/quote] If you're looking for somebody to blame for that, you shouldn't be looking at the VA, but at the American Medical Association, which has been trying to limit the number of doctors in order to make them a more valuable commodity. The fewer doctors there are, the more money these doctors can make. So health care providers like the VA or Kaiser or United have to go elsewhere to find medical professionals. These people still have to pass the state accreditation tests, so they have the training even though some of them lack the verbal skills or know American customs. In the past twenty years I have had doctors who were American, Irish, Ethiopian, and Iranian. They all gave me the same level of care, more or less.

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• ST

  

  Steve

  Aug 12, 2020

  In my career in software, I often found myself working with people from all over the world, and I was in a position to judge the quality of their work. With doctors, engineers, tech workers - highly educated, highly skilled people who would be valuable wherever they go - I feel reassured when I see an international workforce, because I know this means they are the best on the planet.

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• TD

  

  Tom D

  Aug 12, 2020

  Where one comes from is not an issue. The rare occasions where a foreign born doctor's English is nearly impossible to understand is.

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