Looks like you might have done just a little too much contrast addition and then used Neat Image, which spread the "overexposure" on the face out even more.
I bet the original shows more detail in the face, right? Obviously, with a little guy like this, you'll NEVER get the opportunity to reshoot this exact shot, so I would try to redo the processing and keep some more detail, if I were you. If you need to eliminate noise, I recommend Imagenomic's Community Edition (Free) over Neat Image because it lets you select the type of noise you want to filter and leaves more detail.
Just my thoughts - I hope this helps!
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