The invention relates a device for the hyperthermal treatment of a herpes disease on a skin, preferably a lip, wherein a control device is configured to regulate a treatment surface on an outer side facing the skin by heating at least one heating element in a heating phase to a contact temperature of 43 - 47°C during a contact of the treatment surface with the skin, preferably the lip, and to maintain the contact temperature in a treatment phase for a time period between 1 and 10 seconds.本發明係關於用於皮膚(較佳為唇)上疱疹疾病之高熱治療的裝置,其中控制裝置被配置以藉由在治療表面與皮膚(較佳為唇)接觸期間在加熱階段將至少一個加熱元件加熱至43至47℃的接觸溫度來調節面對皮膚之外側上的治療表面,及在治療階段將該接觸溫度保持1與10秒之間的時段。