I don't do portraiture so take this for what it's worth, but I think it's beautiful. In particular, I like the fact that you chose to leave the detail on the face of the model in my mind, this injects a healthy dose of "human" to the image.
Hey, thanks! I thought it looked very boring when I removed too many things. I took away some pores from my face, but felt things like the pock mark on the forehead looked better left there.