People in Japan are having surgery on their hands to change their future. The Japanese believe in palm reading. They spend big money (from $70) on palm readers. Many people are unhappy with the lines on their palms because they mean a bad future. The 15-minute operation costs $1,000. It changes the length and shape of the lines. People want a brighter future. An electric knife burns love or happiness lines on the palm. The scar takes a month to heal.

Doctors say changing palm lines does not work. It cannot change your future because it is unnatural. A palm reader agrees and said he was surprised about this. He said the real lines cannot change. He said only physical action can change the future - exercise to get healthy. People who had the surgery say their life changed. A Tokyo doctor changed a patient's wedding line, and then she got married. Other patients won the lottery after having a longer fortune line.