Upon investigation, the image returned by Facebook is only a thumbnail image.
For example, the image of the boy you mentioned:
scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/v/t...09f5cf0f&oe=54B96F90
It would be possible through CSS to enlarge this image, but it would be grainy/pixelated.
I hope that helps explain the issue.