Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

[Thunderwolf]

What is your vote?

Should a male nurse wearing a scrub top and has chest hair be required to wear a T shirt underneath in order to cover up the chest hair?

[Meems]

i love this thread! Ok.. Hairy chest.... fan of manscaping, but don't think t's should be a requirement unless doing a lot of sterile field procedures etc. Does it look more professional, probably, does it MAKE a nurse more professional. NO! As an endowed female, I tend to take care that I wear clothes that cover, not clothes that make me look like I am workin for singles! But Hey, that's just me...

[Atheos]

I really resent this idea...men don't wake up in the morning and decide to put on their chest hair to buck the establishment. We don't comb it in crazy styles in order to stand out. It is who we are...it makes us no more or less professional. I'm not going to dress differently in order to cover a part of my body that you find "unprofessional" and I'm not going to expect you to shave your legs in order to look professional either. That....would be shallow.

I like that. I bet if women had to cover their hair all hades would break lose.

:)

Your hair is on your head. Mine is on my chest. It's all good!

[TopazLover, BSN, RN]

Remember the old story about why nurses wore caps? It was a throw back to the days when street walkers were brought in to be nurses. They all had to wear head coverings due to the lice they carried.

I happen to like male hair unless there is fall out from it or it is falling out all over. DH ends up in sink and shower!

[woknblues]

i love this thread! Ok.. Hairy chest.... fan of manscaping, but don't think t's should be a requirement unless doing a lot of sterile field procedures etc. Does it look more professional, probably, does it MAKE a nurse more professional. NO! As an endowed female, I tend to take care that I wear clothes that cover, not clothes that make me look like I am workin for singles! But Hey, that's just me...

Well, I have contributed much to this thread, and I will take it a bit further.... First, you make a great point about sterile fields. That is a no brainer to me, just about the hairiest guy you will see in a day, maybe two.

But in all honesty and decorum, you all aint seen the worst of my body hair until you see it sprouting up the back. yes. that's right. It is what it is. I deal, and everyone in my life personal or professional seems to get along with me. (and "it")

At teh age of 34, I can laugh about it. And I have been laughing about it since I was in my early 20s. I wear t-shirts in weather that most people wear sweaters or jackets. :D

[angel589]

I say yes , men should were a T shirt, is more professional

[woknblues]

I say yes , men should were a T shirt, is more professional

Irony.

[Iam46yearsold]

I say yes , men should were a T shirt, is more professional

I really cant say I agree here. I enjoy seeing a hairy chest.

But hairy chest or not, wearing a T shirt does not affect ones professional status.

[Jagten]

Although I get turned on by SOME chest hair on men, I voted to put the T-shirt on under the scrub simply because it looks more professional in a healthcare setting. :)

If I were the patient who had a male nurse caring for me with his gorgeous chest hair hanging out, I might forget our patient - nurse relationship. :rotfl:

sorry...haaaaad to go there. :rotfl:

You had me rolling. I just pictured a gigolo nurse with the gold chain hanging out strutting in to some 70's music and in the background you hear "HELLO NURSE"

Ok I have been up too long from yesterday to today now but currently that is so funny. :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle

Oh, not a nurse as of yet so I will hold off on voting.

Jagten

[Bill E. Rubin]

Thank God I never polled the women I work with. I get hot and tend to sweat, and the less I need to wear the better. No T shirt for me.

[bubbabubba]

I had a former Urologist who apeared to have had a gorilla as a parent. I NEVER saw him in his office (over a period of 2 1/2 years) wearing anything other than a scrub set and no t-shirt under it. I never looked at him without noticing how "hairy" he was--not only his chest but his forearms and upper arms as far as you could see up his short sleves. As a not very hairy male, I wasn't repulsed by it, just thought it odd that he didn't at least manscape a little. One time, I did note that his chest had been severly "pruned"--of his own choice? or perhaps urged on him by his young, attractive wife, who I taught at the local community college. I have had occasion to see him away from his office at various events and noted that he NEVER had on a tie and NEVER appeared to wear a t shirt even when not in scrubs. Personal preference? Delight in revealing his hairy self? No clue--I think the t-shirt under scrubs look is better on guys and I'd wear one if I dressed in scrubs-- I wear one EVERY day with what ever I wear.....personal preference should dictate what you do in this regard I guess.

[capnquincy]

So What If Male Nurses Chest Hair Show. Men Are Supposed To ; It's A Genetic Trait Caused By Testosterone; It's A Heck Of Alot More Professional Than Cna's And Nurse's Chests Popping Out And Thongs That Stick Out Whenever They Bend Over. On A More Comical Note, I've Met Some Very Hairy Women, Too. If They Have Hairy Chests, Should They Wear Shirts Under Scrubs? If So, Who Would Tell Them?

[brashis2008, LVN]

T-shirt or shave the visable hair. Putting aside everything else, its just more professional and seen as "cleaner". I mean, I wouldn't want to see a female nurse's unshaved armpit hair as she's hanging my IV.

That's just my "medical" opinion, but is not indicative of my personal preferences outside of the work place.