The invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for determining a skin inflammation value (Z). The apparatus comprises an optoelectronic measuring device (1), preferably a 3-D scanner, for recording a three-dimensional image (B) of an inflammation region (E) on human or animal skin (H), wherein area-related (A), spatial (V), and color (F) values of the three-dimensional image (B) can be detected by the optoelectronic measuring device (1), a computing unit (2) for calculating the skin inflammation value (Z) from the area-related (A), spatial (V), and color (F) values detected by the measuring device (1), and a display unit (3) for displaying the calculated skin inflammation value (Z).
