Honorary Membership is the highest honour awarded by the ESDR. Such an awards are bestowed on any individual who has particularly distinguished themselves in dermatological research and/or has made significant direct or indirect contributions to the society. Honorary membership has been awarded to the following:
| Year | Honorary Membership |
| 2011 | Paul Bergstresser (USA) Koji Hashimoto (Japan) Anders Vahlquist (Sweden) |
| 2010 | Alberto Giannetti (Italy) Shinji Shimada (Japan) |
| 2009 | Ervin Epstein (USA) Peter Friedmann (UK) |
| 2008 | William Cunliffe (UK) Kristian Thestrup-Pedersen (Denmark) |
| 2007 | Thomas Krieg (Germany) John Stanley (USA) |
| 2006 | Rona MacKie (UK) Rein Willemze (Netherlands) |
| 2003 | Georg Stingl (Austria) Jouni Uitto (USA) |
| 2000 | Malcolm Greaves (UK) Egon Macher (Germany) |
| 1999 | Stefania Jablonska (Poland) Hiroaki Ueki (Japan) |
| 1998 | Takeji Nishikawa (Japan) John Voorhees (USA) |
| 1996 | Enno Christophers (Germany) Sadao Imamura (Japan) Steve Katz (USA) Willem van Vloten (Netherlands) |
| Previous | Otto Braun-Falco (Germany) Robert Brun (Switzerland) Rudi Cormane (Netherlands) André Kint (Belgium) Charles Lapière (Belgium) Kimmo Mustakallio (Finland) Michel Prunieras (France) Hans Rorsman (Sweden) Ferdinando Serri (Italy) Sam Shuster (UK) Klaus Wolff (Austria) |
