The nonlinear Talbot effect is a near-field nonlinear diffraction phenomenon in which the self-imaging of periodic objects is formed by the second harmonics of the incident laser beam.We demonstrate the first,to the best of our knowledge,exam-ple of nonlinear Talbot self-healing,i.e.,the capability of creating defect-free images from faulty nonlinear optical struc-tures.In particular,we employ the tightly focused femtosecond infrared optical pulses to fabricate LiNb03 nonlinear photonic crystals and show that the defects in the form of the missing points of two-dimensional square and hexagonal periodic structures are restored in the second harmonic images at the first nonlinear Talbot plane.The observed nonlinear Talbot self-healing opens up new possibilities for defect-tolerant optical lithography and printing.