How to Look Sick

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Choose a single illness to fake and stick to it.. Think back on how you look when you are sick, and imitate your expressions.. Use concealer makeup

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1

Choose a single illness to fake and stick to it.

Step 1

Choose a single illness to fake and stick to it.

2

Think back on how you look when you are sick, and imitate your expressions.

Step 2

Think back on how you look when you are sick, and imitate your expressions.

3

Use concealer makeup

Step 3

Use concealer makeup

4

Wear baggy clothes or wrap yourself up in blankets.

Step 4

Wear baggy clothes or wrap yourself up in blankets.

5

Act slow and uncoordinated, bumping into things and walking slowly.

Step 5

Act slow and uncoordinated, bumping into things and walking slowly.

6

Sniffle, cough, and complain about your fake symptoms often.

Step 6

Sniffle, cough, and complain about your fake symptoms often.

7

Imitate a fever or the flu by faking a cough, congestion, and exhaustion.

Step 7

Imitate a fever or the flu by faking a cough, congestion, and exhaustion.

8

Fake a migraine by avoiding lights, sounds, and people.

Step 8

Fake a migraine by avoiding lights, sounds, and people.

9

Imitate stomach issues by acting nauseous and going to the restroom frequently.

Step 9

Imitate stomach issues by acting nauseous and going to the restroom frequently.

10

Don't raise suspicion by overacting your symptoms.

Step 10

Don't raise suspicion by overacting your symptoms.

11

Talk about your "symptoms" the day before you want to take off sick.

Step 11

Talk about your "symptoms" the day before you want to take off sick.

12

Show symptoms of your chosen illness slowly over the course of a few hours.

Step 12

Show symptoms of your chosen illness slowly over the course of a few hours.

13

Stay up late to give yourself bags under your eyes, as if you couldn't sleep.

Step 13

Stay up late to give yourself bags under your eyes, as if you couldn't sleep.

14

Avoid making plans and being social as if you were sick.

Step 14

Avoid making plans and being social as if you were sick.

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