What do you wear

[Rafiki31]

to a Dr appointment? My mom always made us dress up and my DF says its ok to wear jeans.....thoughts?

 

[mjkacmom]

Whatever I happen to be wearing that day. Since my childbearing years I've been to over 100 appointments - can't see dressing up, especially since you strip down before you actually see the doctor!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Your mom made you dress up for the doctor's? That is the craziest thing I ever heard.

 

[MiniGirl]

Do you mean a doctor's appointment where you are going to go and take off all your clothes anyway? I just go in whatever I am wearing that day -- usually shorts/skorts. Now, I will wear jeans to the dentist's office because I don't like sitting in the chair and being tilted so far head down while wearing shorts.

 

[KAMLEM]

There was a thread about this same topic a couple of weeks ago. Some people think you get better treatment if you dress up. I don't think you should be dirty, but if you are clean with neat, casual clothes I think that's fine.

 

[bicker]

I aim to wear clothing, if I have the chance to change, that is easy to take off and put back on. Sweats are good for that.

 

[pipersmom]

My mom also made us dress up, and now I make my daughter dress nicely as well. I guess my mom's thought was to make a good impression (?) and look like a competent, intelligent person so you would be taken more seriously. I do tend to think if you present yourself in a confident, assured "look" you're more likely to be treated that way. Not sure what to think about this one. It was funny though, the first time after we moved back here that my dd was in the hospital (new Dr..had seen her several times in office), the Dr walked in on about the 4th day of the stay, and I looked much different than I do at her appts..the Dr looked at me and just grinned and said "so this is how you look in real life". They do notice

 

[Rafiki31]

my mom said it is about "respect" for the Dr, I do not want to offend my dr, but I really just want to wear SNEAKERS. lol. I doubt he will notice but I just cannot break the habit of dressing up. lol. Silly.

PS I am going to a Dermatologist today, do they make you strip? I prob should skip the makeup right? SO I will be dressed up but look awful anyway.

 

[paintnolish]

Clothes...until I get there. I never thought about it really, but now that I do, I kinda' dressed the kids extra nice when I would take them as babies.

 

[tchrrx]

I generally look worse at the doctor's office than anywhere else. If I'm there, it's because I don't feel good. If I don't feel good, than dressing up is the last thing that I want to do.

 

[aprilgail2]

my mom said it is about "respect" for the Dr, I do not want to offend my dr, but I really just want to wear SNEAKERS. lol. I doubt he will notice but I just cannot break the habit of dressing up. lol. Silly.

LOL-- I never heard of anyone getting dresed up to see the Dr until I read it on here, leave it to people on the Dis .... you wear DRESS shoes to see a DR?? Of course you can wear sneakers..flip flops...anything! I have seen people atthe Dr's office in slippers! Mostly see people in sweats or something easy to take off! And if you go to the OB/GYN it doesn't matter a flip what you wear--you go in, stip and put on a gown...the Dr comes in, exams you, talks to you and leaves and you get dressed- he never even knows if you came in Jeans, a party dress or naked!

 

[snapppyd]

Your mom made you dress up for the doctor's? That is the craziest thing I ever heard.

I don't think it's crazy at all. I think it is a "generational" thing. My Mom would be 84 if she were still alive, and she always believed in dressing nice for a doctor's appointment (or really anytime you went out in public). It was a sign of respect for the doctor.

 

[bicker]

I don't think it's crazy at all. I think it is a "generational" thing.

I agree. There are a great number of things that people do (have done; will do) that are artifacts of a time, not structurally or qualitatively relevant/significant, but rather culturally/anthropologically relevant/significant. One example that comes to mind is how women used to wear white gloves as part of formal attire. Another example that comes to mind is one I mentioned in another thread, a couple of weeks ago, about how the AMC television series Mad Men dramatized how the emotions children in grief were often badly marginalized by the prevailing sentiments of the time. We can readily come up with dozens of examples of things that weren't really important/constructive, except with regard to the significance people of that time chose to ascribe to those things, or simply prevailing sentiment.

And don't doubt for one minute that we, today, do just as many things that fifty years from now, or so, will be realized as being just as much artifacts of our time, as the things we today recognize as artifacts of some earlier time.

 

[Shyvioletisme]

I generally look worse at the doctor's office than anywhere else. If I'm there, it's because I don't feel good. If I don't feel good, than dressing up is the last thing that I want to do.

this is me too. But then again I'm a jeans/t-shirt/sneakers kind of girl and I wear those pretty much everywhere. It would never have occured to me to dress up to go to the doctor

 

[lovetoscrap]

I don't dress up but I also don't wear my crappy hanging out around the house clothes. And I do brush my hair and put on make up. This is for routine appointments. If I am sick then it is anything goes as long as it isn't pajamas.

I do have my kids put on clothes that are neat and clean and match (again, as long as they aren't sick).

But I am the exact same way anytime I leave the house. I often wear old, poor fitting/stained stuff at home since I am usualy cleaning or cooking or doing stuff that will will get me dirty anyway. But to leave the house and go anywhere I change and brush my hair, and usually put on some makeup. But I wear mostly (mom!) jeans and crocs and knit shirts anyway. In the summer I wear shorts everywhere/all the time, no matter where I am going. You would rather see my legs than see me sweating! I don't put on dressy clothes, but make sure that I am neat and clean in what I am wearing.

 

[maelstrom]

Sweatpants and a t-shirt... I want to be as comfortable as possible, because I'm already cranky that I have to go to the doctor to begin with. If my doctor is offended by the way I dress, or thinks I'm less intelligent because of it, well, then it'd be time to find a new doctor.

 

[brockash]

Whatever I happen to be wearing that day. Since my childbearing years I've been to over 100 appointments - can't see dressing up, especially since you strip down before you actually see the doctor!

ITA. I had never heard of ppl. dressing up for Dr. appt's until the dis. What was/is the theory behind it? What's the point? I mean would they dress up even if they were sick? It just seems very odd.

 

[BunsenH]

I wear whatever weigh the least and make sure to slip off my shoes before stepping on the scale.

 

[Rafiki31]

UPDATE: that Dr was awful. Had I known, I would have worn the sneakers.

He came in, looked at my face, (having an issue with discoloration) and then gave me a sales pitch for overpriced face cream (200 bucks) that is not covered by insurance.

Then when I said it was too expensive and could I just have a the prescription my PCP suggested, he said (and I wish I was joking) " DONT YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND OR SOMETHING THAT CAN BUY THIS FOR YOU?"

I had to refrain from kicking him in the shin. I really was flabberghasted. I will not be going back to him. Ever. I told him to keep his face cream and good luck with his sales career, his pitch needs some work. The receptionist winked at me on the way out, I think she heard our whole visit. I am STILL MAD. I called my PCP she wrote me the script.

 

[postage stamp]

Yeah, I don't get it either. He's a doctor. Not the Pope or the president.

I guess the only way you clothing could be DISrespectful is if your shirt says "Doctors are (fill in the blank with a distasteful word of your choice".

I don't care what other people wear to the doctor, but just because I'm wearing jeans and a t-shirt doesn't mean I don't respect him or her. If I didn't they wouldn't be my doctor.