When I want to peel a stuck shed off of a snake's head, I start at the lips. That's where they start, after all. I soak them for a few minutes in the bathtub as usual, and then I rub at the front of the upper lip, at the edge of the scales just under the heat pits. It's kind of an upward flicking motion. Usually the skin starts to roll away upward from the edge of the month, and then you can grab it and start gently tugging it off of the heat pits and over the nose.
Whatever you do, DO NOT rub at the eyes. If you can start the shed further down and it pulls the eyecaps off with the rest of the top of the head, that's fine. But don't sit there rubbing at the eyes. You can blind the snake by putting pressure on the eyes. And sometimes the eyecap is already gone, and you don't realize it.
I don't do chins. The stretchy scales under the chin make it too hard. It'll tend to loosen up during feeding, and it's really completely harmless.
Honestly, I don't think there's any harm leaving it until the next shed. That's good advice. I find snakes that have a bit of stuck shed often have better sheds the next time. Just watch for it and make sure there's plenty of humidity to help the next one along.
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