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People in Japan are having on their hands to change their future. The Japanese are big in palm reading. They spend a lot of money on palm readers. A cheaper palm reading costs around $70. Many people are with the lines on their palms. They think some of the lines a part of their future will be bad. They are having an to change the length and shape of the lines because they hope this will give them a future. The operation takes just 15 minutes and about $1,000. The doctor uses an electric scalpel to burn a line on the palm of the hand. It leaves a that takes a month to . The line looks like a money-luck line, happiness line or love line.

There are many doctors who say changing the lines on your palm does not . They say it cannot change your future because it isn't . Subodh Gupta, a palm reader from London, . He said: "I read about this surgery and I was very . Even by having surgery, the lines cannot be changed." He : "If you want to improve your fortune, take physical . So if you want greater health, do some ." However, people who have had the surgery say it has changed their life. A Tokyo surgeon said he gave a patient a wedding line and she got married soon after. He said two other patients the lottery after he made their fortune line .

 
 

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