Doctor, I Am Fully Naked!
Have you been through medical exam fully naked? How about cystoscopy and/or colonoscopy? What were the experiences like? [CYSTOSCOPY is the procedure where a doctor examines the lining of the bladder and the urethra by a cystoscope into the penis. COLONOSCOPY is the procedure where a doctor examines the colon (large intestine) and rectum by inserting a colonoscope (a long, flexible tube) into the...
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Dermatologist
Return to DiscussionsAbout two years ago, I went to a dermatologist to get a skin tag removed from my eyelid. I normally just rip skin tags off, but figured that wouldn't be such a great idea for one that's on my eyelid.
While I'm there, she asks whether she can look at my back. As I'm pulling my t-shirt off, I say, "I'm a nudist; you can look at anything you want."
She says something like, "Well, in that case, you really need to come in for a full body examination."
So, I schedule one. When she comes into the exam room, I'm sitting on the exam table nude. She has a major fit. She has, "comfort level issues with the human body." She actually said that. Insists I put a gown on. Then barely looks under the gown. Honestly, I should have just gotten up and left. Barely did any exam at all. I scheduled an appointment for the next year. It came and went a couple of months ago -- yes, I cancelled it.
Went to a different dermatologist today. Before I scheduled the appointment, I told them I'm a nudist and explained my experience with the previous dermatologist. That all of my skin gets exposed to the sun when I'm outside. I asked whether the dermatologist would be comfortable examining all of my skin. The person scheduling the appointment was a bit incredulous about the idea that a dermatologist would be shy about looking at human skin.
Go to my appointment today. Nurse takes me into the room to get me settled. I describe the situation with the previous dermatologist. The nurse is in disbelief that a dermatologist would behave that way. Or her way out, she says, "I assume you don't want a gown and that you have no problem taking your clothing off. -- Doctor will be in in a minute."
Doctor came in (female) and brought in an assistant (female) and a trainee (female). Did a thorough exam with the two other females right there looking at everything. I'm sitting and standing totally nude. Turning around as needed. Carrying on conversation with the doctor. No big deal. No problem. No gown. No covering of any kind. Just me in the nude.
I had begun to loose faith in the medical community.
Went to the Dermatologist for what turned out to be small cancer on the face and will be removed next week. He recommended a full examination first, as I had never had one done by anyone, other that the local Doctor. I wore no underwear/jocks he was nonplussed and acted professionally. He sees it all daily.
I've had a few skin cancers removed successfully, so I have regular annual or semi-annual full-body checks with my dermatologist. When I first started seeing him, his assistant gave me a gown and instructed me to undress to my underwear. The dermatologist would come in, pull down the gown (which would sort of fall off, anyway), do the exams, then pull the waistband of my underwear to examine my buttocks and genitals. My last appointment was a week ago. This time, the assistant left me with a gown and instructed me to strip completely, including underwear. The doctor did the usual exam, but without having to pull the waistband of my underwear open to complete the examination. I thought this was a lot smarter, but have no idea what initiated the change.My doctor is in the leave the underwear on and pulls it down and or out the see what is inside. Not my choice, but I like him otherwise and it is difficult to find an in network dermatologist who is accepting new patients. I have told him more that once that I get sun where most people don't, but he hasn't changed his procedure.
I went to the dermatologist for my 6 month exam today. I put black swim briefs in my cargo shorts pocket and when I took my clothes off in the examination room, I slipped them on. When the doctor examined me, I reminded him that I swam and sunned nude so he knew that he should check everything. We talked about reason why some people swim and sun nude and other don't. That lead me to comment that some people don't wear underwear and how did that work since his staff always tells me to leave my underwear on. He replied that he has staff say that because he believes that is what most patients prefer but some patients are comfortable being nude for the exam and he has no problem with that. Now I know that I don't have to bring the swim brief next time. I should have asked sooner!
often had skin problems and after 40 years I had regular visits to such a specialist. At that age I had become a naturist for several years and I always thought that I lent my body to the doctor so that he could fix it (a bit like driving a car to the garage). So I no longer had a problem with nudity because in the dermatologist you are naked for a complete examination of the body. This was still the case recently where I found myself naked from head to toe.
On the other hand it is a little more embarrassing in some cases when the intimate parts are examined in detail because this is not what happens to a naturist. It is sometimes unpleasant, annoying but still painless because I bear much less pain than being naked for a practitioner.
I had misplaced mycoses (groin, shoulder fold) so I had to take four-legged positions on the examination table, or, flat back, bend my knees on the chest and it happened that the dermatologist spread my buttocks. Once, it was necessary to do a preawakening: we can keep the top and I was only asked to spread the legs to make this frotis. From the front, I was also asked to spread the legs and with my hand to pull my testicles and my penis to the left so that the prearousal draws to the right. All this is nothing to rejoice of course but never to go beyond the stage of mere embarrassment. However, I will not have written this kind of story a few years ago
Around 15-16 months ago I had my first skin check at my wife's insistence. I spend time in the sun in our yard, I was in my late 50's and had not had a check, I was a little concerned at what might get found. The doctor, a woman said to get undressed but I could leave my underwear on, so I did. When she checked my back she hitched my underwear up and down, the same at the sides, but not the front, all was OK. Due to CV lockdowns I was only recently able to get back there, this time I just stripped off, I told her my wife had said to do that as I am a nudist and get sun all over, she was fine with that. The doctor examined me all over and we talked about being a nudist, she was good to talk with. She had been a GP specialising in women's health and gynie issues, she was saddened to hear my wife had succumbed to Ovarian Cancer. It was unusual but OK to be sitting there having this conversation after she finished my examination, I was still nude, I was fine with it and I think she was too and wanted to talk about my wife and that cancer. She knew my wife and had checked her skin a few years ago and had done cervical cancer checks years ago. I left there pleasantly surprised at the experience.
I have had several cases of skin cancer over the years and my doctor does a very thorough skin check during my annual wellness exam. The first time I saw her I told her I was a nudist and was almost always naked outside in the sun. I told her I wanted a complete exam and I was fine without a gown if she was. She said no problem and checked me all over with her special lighted magnifying instrument. She would have me stand naked, and checked under my arms, between my toes, under my testicles and rotated my penis around to see everything. She retired and sold her practice when covid hit so I have a new doctor now - a young lady of about 30. So I make an appointment for a skin scan and the nurse hands me a gown and says I should strip to my underwear and put on the gown. I told her that I don't wear underwear and I'm a nudist so I need a complete scan anyway. I told her I was fine with being naked if they were. The doctor comes in and has me lay down on the table and keeps moving the gown around while doing the check. She never looked anywhere in the groin area, underarms or toes. I think I need to find a new doctor.
By the way if y'll want to remove yer own abnormal skin growths, blood root salve will do it. We make it ourselves for our own use since blood root grows out in our forest. It works by itself ok but a lot of times zinc is added to it to intensify it's action. Then only one application is needed. It'll kill anything from little harmless moles to skin cancers, they die and fall out leaving a hole to heal by whatever means little wounds are healed with. And by the way pine pitch heals wounds real fast and prevents infection. I never had anything to take off but my brother had a mole on his arm he used it on and it fell out.
And by the way. Lots of sun exposure has been known to significantly reduce the cancers that are hazardous, even though it also known to increase the ones that are not. Statistics on skin cancer related to sun exposure generally do not divide the two. So I'd not be the least concerned about gettin plenty of sun. Just so ya don't get too much an get a sunburn. Some people can handle lot more than others. Those with long term ancestry from southern climate are able to take a lot, and need a lot, while those with long term ancestry from a northern climate don't need as much and their skin can't handle it without scorching. I think that's why black folk are black, their ancestry lived in a hot sun climate naked for many generations and their skin genetic switches flipped dark gradually to adapt. I think my ancestry is midrange, I inherited a lot of sun resistance capacity while my brother did not. We just got a different combination of genes in the gene throw I guess even with the same parents.
I've had a few skin cancers removed successfully, so I have regular annual or semi-annual full-body checks with my dermatologist. When I first started seeing him, his assistant gave me a gown and instructed me to undress to my underwear. The dermatologist would come in, pull down the gown (which would sort of fall off, anyway), do the exams, then pull the waistband of my underwear to examine my buttocks and genitals. My last appointment was a week ago. This time, the assistant left me with a gown and instructed me to strip completely, including underwear. The doctor did the usual exam, but without having to pull the waistband of my underwear open to complete the examination. I thought this was a lot smarter, but have no idea what initiated the change.My doctor is in the leave the underwear on and pulls it down and or out the see what is inside. Not my choice, but I like him otherwise and it is difficult to find an in network dermatologist who is accepting new patients. I have told him more that once that I get sun where most people don't, but he hasn't changed his procedure.I went to the dermatologist for my 6 month exam today. I put black swim briefs in my cargo shorts pocket and when I took my clothes off in the examination room, I slipped them on. When the doctor examined me, I reminded him that I swam and sunned nude so he knew that he should check everything. We talked about reason why some people swim and sun nude and other don't. That lead me to comment that some people don't wear underwear and how did that work since his staff always tells me to leave my underwear on. He replied that he has staff say that because he believes that is what most patients prefer but some patients are comfortable being nude for the exam and he has no problem with that. Now I know that I don't have to bring the swim brief next time. I should have asked sooner!
Had my first nude full body exam by the Dermatologist today. Non-event overall. Doctor seemed totally comfortable, I felt better knowing that he has a full view of all of my skin, instead of having to look inside my underwear for part of it. Should have started 5 years ago when I stopped wearing underwear, if not sooner!