It's kinda funny because I always steer mine away from my face (especially my BCI). She is a sweetheart, but I tend to trust pythons more for some reason. A couple of weeks ago I was at a friend's place with his retics out and I let one of them come face to face with me (at 13ft) and he flicked against my cheek and then went about his business. His retics are so amazingly tame that I took the chance and it was a pretty cool feeling. Will I do it again? probably not.