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?

[KrisRNwannabe]

yuck!!, that last thing i would want to see in the hospital as a patient is some hairy nurse coming at me. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK I would run screaming from the room. I know men can't control their carpet but jeez let's be professional and cover-up. yuck i hate chest hair. thank god hubby has none. just some around the belly button.

[jnette, ASN, EMT-I]

I voted for the Tshirt simply because to me it does appear more professional. I would think in a business office setting one wouldn't find men sitting behind their desks with open shirts and bare chest.. hair or no hair.

Tweety... what about those T-shirts (or whatever you guys call them) that have no sleeves...no, not the sleazy muscleshirt tanktop thingies, but they look just like a Tee with the sleeves cut out ? At least that way you have the neck of the tee, but no sleeves hanging out. ??? Just a thought.

[Chaya, ASN, RN]

Maybe some enterprising person could design a scrub top that covers most chest hair but is not too restrictive to work in.

[canoehead, BSN, RN]

Bloody hell! Next thing people will be peering up our sleeves and regulating how often we need to shave our pits.

For the record I find male armpit hair yuckier than chest hair, but it's part of the package.

[renerian, BSN, RN]

I need to buy some tshirts......................................I am a female, german, menopausal woman...........dang it.......

Turtlenecks for everyone!!

renerian :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[MtnMan]

As a hairy scrub wearer I opt out of the t-shirt on a ccount of I am also somewhat of sweaty, swarthy fellow. Like Tweety the sleeves are an issue as well. I find dirty shoes, messy head hair and unkempt nails to be much more offensive professionally. These issues apply to all healthcare professionals not just us boys. So be neat in general and the chest hair becomes a non issue. As a side note the only reason i would address my body hair is for my own safety. i work with one individual that uses pulling it to keep me in line. sort of like the shock collar I have on my big black unruly dog. :imbar

[allamericangirl]

It wouldn't hurt the uniform companies who are selling millions of uniforms to the medical industry to give some choices other than color to medical professionals. These guys have it made. Scrubs for everyone! Same fabric throughout the industry for the most part and minimal choice as to style. Wow, they give you choices in prints that look like they were designed by a grade school kid!

Wouldn't it be nice to have one of them offer a scrub top for guys that accomodated a t-shirt, a fly for your mechanical parts, white fabric that was heavy enough to cover your undies, and use the new fabrics that repell bacterial organisms?

Looks like there is no choice but to buy into their corporate rape.

[jnette, ASN, EMT-I]

It wouldn't hurt the uniform companies who are selling millions of uniforms to the medical industry to give some choices other than color to medical professionals. These guys have it made. Scrubs for everyone! Same fabric throughout the industry for the most part and minimal choice as to style. Wow, they give you choices in prints that look like they were designed by a grade school kid!

Wouldn't it be nice to have one of them offer a scrub top for guys that accomodated a t-shirt, a fly for your mechanical parts, white fabric that was heavy enough to cover your undies, and use the new fabrics that repell bacterial organisms?

Looks like there is no choice but to buy into their corporate rape.

You are sooooo correct !

Guess we just don't rate high enough on the respect scale. Heck, we're not INDIVIDUALS.. we're just mere working machines ! There just might even be a conspiracy behind this !

"Let them start becoming individuals and excercising CHOICE, we're in big trouble ! Next thing you know they'll be THINKING and demanding safe nurse to patient ratios, and OMG perhaps even insist on lunch !!! "

[rnmi2004]

I think it is a bit ridiculous to require hairy men to wear t-shirts. Like some other posters have pointed out, men have hairy arms too. I sure hope no one would require long-sleeves.

[mrparhamrvt]

Ok, I work in veterinary medicine, so my response is somewhat different. I think all should wear a t-shirt beneath their scrub tops. I am also prior military so of course I am biased. I think the nice tight undershirt ( I am talking about the ones you get from the UNDERWEAR department) looks so much more professional. Also, I never havea problem with mine hanging below my scrub sleeves. I think it depends on what size shirt you get truly. If they are fitted properly, like a second skin almost, they should not hang too low. Also, they now have the sleeveless option that my husband has gone to for hot summer months (he is a police officer).

Melanie R. Parham, RVT

[ManEnough]

This thread has made my day!

If we're going to talk about fashion emergenices in medicine, I've seen far worse than some creepers popping out of my male collegues' tops. If we're gonna make a rule about wearing t-shirts beneath scrub tops, I'd suggest adding these to the list:

* No Spongebob Squarepants tops. EVER.

* Lime green scrubs. Are you kidding me?

* Tatoos of naked ladies on your forearms are REALLY cool when you're 19. Not so much when you're 34 and have two college degrees.

There's more.. I'm just waking up.

[Kudra]

This thread has made my day!

If we're going to talk about fashion emergenices in medicine, I've seen far worse than some creepers popping out of my male collegues' tops. If we're gonna make a rule about wearing t-shirts beneath scrub tops, I'd suggest adding these to the list:

* No Spongebob Squarepants tops. EVER.

* Lime green scrubs. Are you kidding me?

* Tatoos of naked ladies on your forearms are REALLY cool when you're 19. Not so much when you're 34 and have two college degrees.

There's more.. I'm just waking up.

i don't care if you are a surgeon... walking around with your surgical scrubs half way up your calves because of static cling still isn't acceptable!