The disclosure relates to a skin piercing tool for locally puncturing a human or an animal skin, comprising a piercing needle, which is embodied as solid needle, in the case of which a needle body has a proximal needle section and a distal needle section, in which a piercing tip is arranged, wherein the needle body has a needle section, which is resilient against the piercing tip in response to a compressive stress, wherein the resilient needle section is arranged on the needle body in the area of an angled needle section, in which adjacent needle sections assume an angle of less than 180° with one another. Further, a hand-held device for repeated local puncturing of a human or an animal skin is provided.
