EXHIBIT 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 15, 2017,  relating to the financial statements, which appears in Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania

March 15, 2017