As the best plastic surgeons you'll find anywhere on the globe, at We Know Beauty, we're always seeking out new cosmetic surgery stories and trends. One of the more eccentric plastic surgery trends of recent days comes from Japan - a nation that seems to regularly surprise us Americans with its cultural differences and tastes.
A recent trend relies on the ancient art of palm reading, known as palmistry - essentially the believe that you can tell a person's future based on the lines on their palms. News.com.au reports that an increase in patients asking for operations to extend or add lines that, according to palm reading lore, historically associated with luck or marriage.
The palm line surgeries generally cost around $1100 and are performed with an electric scalpel, and involve apparently require a significant degree of precision. "If you try to create a palm line with a laser, it heals, and it won't leave a clear mark," says Takaaki Matsuoka, a plastic surgeon at Shonan Beauty Clinic's Shinjuku branch in Tokyo. "You have to use the electric scalpel and make a shaky incision on purpose, because palm lines are never completely straight."
The surgery has proven popular with both men and women. It usually takes about 10 to 15 minutes, including anywhere between 5 and 10 lines on the palm, and takes approximately a month to heal.
While the top plastic surgeons at We Know Beauty are certainly interested in the new plastic surgery trends, we don't want to offer too much commentary on this particular story - after all, we are not experts in Japanese culture, even though we're undoubtedly expert cosmetic surgeons!
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