WOMEN ON 'PROCEDURES'

They haven’t, but they would. That, in brief, is the way many American women feel about cosmetic surgery. In a national survey by Self, just 11 percent of women said they’ve had any surgical procedure to spruce up their looks. But 64 percent think there’s nothing wrong with doing so, and 45 percent would consider having themselves surgically improved. This inclination is highest among women who are past the bloom of youth but not old enough to feel resigned to that circumstance: 56 percent of women in their 30s would consider surgery, vs.