Abstract: A device including an object with a pointed, sharp or heating tip, which is biocompatible and which includes at least one ferromagnetic material, a magnetic field generator suitable for directing the magnetic field of the ferromagnetic material in order to produce an increase in the temperature in the heating tip of the object, and a device for controlling the temperature of the heating tip of the object. Also, the cosmetic use of the device in the treatment of fine lines, dark circles and superficial cellulite. Finally, the use of the device in the treatment of varicose veins and/or in the treatment of syndromes connected to spondylalgia clinical settings and pain connected to these various clinical settings, in particular lumbago or chronic neck pain and their projected pain.

Abstract: A heating acupuncture needle, comprising a source of external energy which heats a heating structure, the heating structure extending over at least most of the length of the needle and comprising an electrically conductive envelope surrounding the needle but leaving an upper end of the needle uncovered. The needle has a tip which is uncovered by the electrically conductive envelope, or which in another embodiment is uncovered. There is an electrically insulating layer between the electrically conductive envelope and the needle, which may surround the tip of the needle or may expose the tip of the needle.