yeppers that is a ring there, its pierced thru that weird skin behind your top lip. Its called a smiley
It was surprisingly the most painless one ive ever gotten
AHA! See, I couldn't rock one of those anyway, because the oral surgeon snipped that piece of skin for me when I was 15. I had a gap between my front teeth that wasn't going anywhere even with braces due to the inherited strength of that little muscle. I know, it only gets weirder. They snipped it and wahlah! No more gap! My granddaughter (Scottish's little one) has a gap now and it comes from both sides of the family so good luck wit dat, kiddo!