If you flip down your lip and you see that you flesh is kind of trying to go over the metal flat piece then you need a longer bar. The skin will actually heal together if they get to touching for a prolonged period of time and you will have to cut it cut out of you. It will leave a pretty nasty scar.
If you're in doubt, go back to the piercer and have them give it a look over. They usually won't charge for that at all and you can make sure it looks healthy and right.
If it's a new piercing and is just a little swollen inside from being pierced then the swelling should go down within a few days. If it's too tight seeming then you should have your piercer change the bar out for something longer until the swelling goes down. [ Peeps's advice column | Ask Peeps A Question ]
Attention: NOTHING on this site may be reproduced in any fashion whatsoever without explicit consent (in writing) of the owner of said material, unless otherwise stated on the page where the content originated. Search engines are free to index and cache our content. Users who post their account names or personal information in their questions have no expectation of privacy beyond that point for anything they disclose. Questions are otherwise considered anonymous to the general public.