I'm lucky my toungue never swelled
The lip does look cool though, don't think a bcr through it would look right, even though thats what i prefer through my labret, that was a kinda spur of the moment "i wanna get something done" thing aswell strangley enough and luckily i was about 200 yards away from a piercers at the time.
One tip though be careful you don't bite down on the back of the stud, i did and it left a nice big chip in my tooth