Acupuncture is a frequent alternative treatment for both acute and chronic pain and its usage has spread widely during the last decades. This technique is however not free of adverse effects, mainly due to mi- grating material or excessive depth of needling, and some might durably impair ' quality of life. In this article, we present a case of post-acupuncture traumatic cervical dural leak in a young female patient leading to chronic positional headaches resulting in a significant impairment of the ' everyday life.