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