a chin rest that can be folded so that the ocular device could be transported in a brief case type casing application_number US 201514757749 A description the instant disclosure describes a technological advancement of foldable ophthalmic apparatus and system such a system would be compact portable and would save storage space fig1 depicts a simple version of the u201c foldable face holder apparatus u201d 100 the apparatus comprises of an ophthalmic system comprising of at least one means to hold the face of a patient i e face holder 102 a diagnostic component to perform diagnosis or evaluation or a therapeutic component to perform treatment of the eye and the means to fold the face holder e g hinge 114 thus the apparatus and system will comprise of at least one of diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic components in some embodiments the face holder can be folded at least once and possibly multiple times in some embodiments the face holder comprises of a resting pad to rest forehead i e forehead rest 110 in another embodiment the face holder comprises of a resting pad to rest chin i e chin rest 104 in another embodiment of the instant apparatus the face holder can be folded by collapsing multi stage telescopic legs in another embodiment the face holder comprises of a chin rest 104 and a forehead rest 110 and only the portion between the chin rest 104 and the instrument base 118 is collapsible using multi stage telescopic legs fig3 in some other embodiments the apparatus comprises of an eye piece 112 which is optics and mechanics used to evaluate or treat the eye in some embodiments the apparatus comprises of a screen 106 to display measurement or imaging results thus the display can host diagnostic assisting results.