Japanese look to change their fate through palm plastic surgery
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Japanese intent on changing their fate have begun having plastic surgeries to alter their palms.
The new trend relies on the ancient art of palm reading - also known as palmistry -, the belief that you can tell a person’s future based on the lines on their palms.
Plastic surgeons have reported an increase in patients asking for operations to extend or add lines associated with luck or marriage.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}According to a report on the Daily Beast, the surgeries cost around $1,100 and are performed with an electric scalpel.
Takaaki Matsuoka, a plastic surgeon at the Shonan Beauty Clinic’s Shinjuku branch in Tokyo, said: “If you try to create a palm line with a laser, it heals, and it won’t leave a clear mark. You have to use the electric scalpel and make a shaky incision on purpose, because palm lines are never completely straight.”
Around 40 palm plastic surgeries have been performed at the Shonan Beauty Clinic alone in the last two years.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The surgery is popular with men and women usually takes 10 to 15 minutes, includes anywhere between 5 and 10 lines on the palm, and takes about a month to heal.