There seems to be implicit in this question, a kind of longing, a yearning…

Although most of us only get goose bumps on our bodies-primarily our forearms, legs, and backs-some of us actually do get them on our faces.

The language of the goose bump world is rich and poetic. Goose bumps themselves are also known as goose pimples, gooseflesh, and chicken skin. The reflex that produces them is known as horripilation, piloerection, or the pilomotor reflex. Inuits have over 348 different words for goose bumps. (that’s not true.)

Goose bumps are caused by tiny muscles at the base of each hair on our bodies, known as arrecotres pilorum, which contract and pull the hair erect. This is a mammalian response to cold (erect hair creates a layer of insulation), although this doesn’t work much for people anymore since we’ve lost most of our body hair. It’s also a sympathetic nerve reflex that’s related to the flight-or-fight response. A frightened animal’s erect hairs might make it appear larger and thus more intimidating to an enemy. This horripilation-as-intimidation technique has become particularly obsolete for us humans. There’s nothing like turning yourself into a mass of quivering gooseflesh to intimidate some huge, menacing asshole who’s whispering salacious vulgarities into the ear of your date as he drinks your beer.

Anyway… if you really want goose bumps on your face and don’t get them, don’t try having some skin grafted from your forearm onto your cheek. But odds are against any insurance company reimbursing you for the procedure and it wouldn’t work anyway.