Hate your signature? Consider penmanship ‘plastic surgery’

A custom signature (left) created by Priscilla Molina, appears next to images of original client signatures and initials on a cell phone. Companies have popped up offering signature makeovers, charging anywhere from $10 to $600. (AP)

NEW YORK — Doctors, lawyers, celebrities: There’s a new cosmetic surgery, of sorts, that has snared them all.

By that, we mean handing over money to hire a calligrapher for a fresh take on writing one’s own name in cursive. With a pen or another writing implement. On paper.