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Mango asked in HealthOptical · 9 years ago

Can I cheat on an eye exam to get glasses?

I want glasses really bad. How can I cheat?

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  • 9 years ago
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    No, you cannot cheat. It's called "malingering" and it can easily be detected by the technician or doctor. Ive seen little kids do it dozens of times, lying their way through an eye exam when its obvious they just want glasses. When you are dilated, the doctor can use a retinoscope to scope your eyes to tell what prescription you need, without your response. This is how glasses Rx's are formulated for babies and other patients that are unable to respond.

    Go to Claires and get some fake glasses.

    Source(s): Certified ophthalmic assistant, 10 yrs.
  • 9 years ago

    No, you can't cheat , there are too many cross checks that you wouldn't be able to always cheat the same way on and the Dr. would see right away you are just being stupid.

    What if there WAS a way to cheat and you ended up with glasses that had a prescription you couldn't use because you wouldn't be able to see out of them ....what good would that do ?

    You can get clear lens glasses made at any optical store, or even find them online cheap like at Claires.

    After wearing glasses a few days you will get over the fascination and probably put them in a drawer and forget about them anyway. It's no big fun wearing glasses , especially when you don't have to.

    Source(s): Optician
  • 9 years ago

    Most people already have a very small prescription. If you really want a prescription tell your eye doctor you've been having problems with night vision and eyestrain. If you don't get a prescription just buy fake glasses from claire's. I actually could cheat on the eye exam when I was nine by squinting and guessing when the letters got too small. The eye doctor said I had "very good vision." When I was eleven I didn't cheat and ended up with glasses.

  • 9 years ago

    Maybe if you go to a bad eye doctor, but usually not. They test multiple times in each place and if the results do not match up, they know you are cheating. Good eye doctors can even just look in your eye and see whether you need glasses by the shape of your eye and other stuff.

    Source(s): I tried to cheat because I didn't want glasses and I got caught :(
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  • 9 years ago

    Why in the heck would you want glasses?! They are uncomfortable and it's really hard to find a pair that would look good on you. Glasses suck, you don't want them! Don't cheat either, because if the doctor is dumb enough to believe you really need glasses, you won't be able to see out of them. And why waste a few hundred bucks on glasses you don't need?!

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Don't order anything from online and don't go to the eye doctor to fake near or far sighted. YES, they will find out. You probably won't get into trouble or anything but the thing is, if you fake that you are either near or far sighted, you will end up with a pair of glasses that is used to correct those problems, if you are neither one, It's going to mess up your sight and you will need glasses and by then, you WILL NOT want them, TRUST ME!

    If you must have glasses just for the look, don't order anything from online... probably costly plus S&H.. If you have a 'Dollar Tree' nearby, go there.. they sell reading glasses all day long for $1.00

    or you could go to walmart, dollar general, family dollar... They all sell them! Try them on first to see which is the best fit and which is the best for your eyes. Try looking at things close up and things far away to see the difference and if it will affect your ability to walk, next try to walk in them, walk around the store and see if you think they are right for you.. reading glasses have different strengths, you want the lowest since nothing is wrong with your eyes. The cool thing about them, is you can't tell them apart from prescription glasses and they also come with cute and different frames if you like, also, the have different shaped lenses, square, circular...

    So try that instead of messing up your sight ok.

    Hope this helps you.

  • Emily
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    Why don't you order a pair of glasses online? They're cheaper and you don't need a prescription. If you want your eyes to look big order plus ones. Or order minus and your eyes will look smaller.

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