The application relates to a device for repeated puncturing of the skin, with a housing, a drive device, which is accommodated in the housing and configured to provide a driving force, a coupling mechanism, which is accommodated in the housing, and a piercing device, which via the coupling mechanism driving force for a repetitive piercing movement is coupled to the piercing device, and the piercing device includes a base having a thereto formed distal active area, over which a plurality of spaced piercing elements are distributed, and where the base with the thereto formed distal active surface is mounted relative to the housing can be tilted. Furthermore, the application relates to a piercing module for a device for repeated puncturing of the skin.