Lupus erythematosus (LE) is chronic, inflammatory multisystem disease which encompasses a wide range of presenting symptoms. Symptoms vary from mild cutaneous manifestations in some subsets of cutaneous LE (CLE) to severe, life-threatening internal organ damage in systemic LE (SLE). The etiology of LE remains unknown, although the environmental, viral and genetic factors are taken into consideration as causes or precipitating factors of this disease. Classification system which divides cutaneous manifestation into LE-specific and LE-nonspecific was developed by Gilliam in 1977. Later Kuhn and al. developed modified system named „ Düsseldorf Classifications of Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus 2003.”. This system divided CLE into acute cutaneous LE (ACLE), subacute cutaneous LE (SCLE), chronic cutaneous LE (CCLE), and intermittent CLE (ICLE). Chronic cutaneous lupus includes discoid LE (DLE), lupus erythematosus profundus (LEP) and chilblain LE (CHLE). Diagnosis of these subtypes requires proper physical exam, laboratory studies, histology, antibody serology, and occasionally direct immunofluorescence, while ensuring to exclude systemic disease. Treatment of cutaneous lupus consists of patient education on proper sun protection along with appropriate topical and systemic agents. Systemic agents are indicated in cases of widespread, scarring, or treatment-refractory disease.