Tallulah Willis got candid about the ongoing struggle with her skin picking disorder on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore took to Instagram to share incredible before-and-after photos of her face ‘healing’ from the condition.
Skin picking disorder, also known as dermatillomania or excoriation disorder, is a mental health condition that causes people to compulsively pick at their skin, per Cleveland Clinic.
The actress — who recently revealed her autism diagnosis — showed ‘before’ photo shows her skin covered in reddish, scabbed-over cuts and scratches around her mouth, nose, and eyes, while the ‘after’ photo reveals a much clearer, blemish-free visage.
‘PICKING HAPPENS!! And then healing **can ** happen,’ she captioned the carousel. ‘Healing doesn’t have to mean clear skin, and it doesn’t mean intrusive thoughts stop intruding, and it doesn’t mean you’re not gonna do it again. it’s small wins.’
Tallulah Willis got candid about the ongoing struggle with her skin picking disorder on Wednesday (pictured in March)
The 30-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore took to her Instagram to share incredible before-and-after photos of her face ‘healing’ from the condition
She concluded: ‘There’s such a community in this struggle and I want so badly to share how I achieved my wins and help rescue all the sweet picked faces of the world!’
Back in 2021, the star first revealed her diagnosis, letting fans know she was very happy about the advances she was making in her skin care.
Sharing similar before-and-after pics, Tallulah wrote, ‘Skin Updates from an antsy handed chronic picker!’
The former Dancing with the Stars personality wrote, ‘We have *ascended* to peak alien dewy supple goals,’ sharing a series of skin care brands she was using while refraining from picking her face.
She added: ‘NOT TOUCHIN MY PRECIOUS DELICATE FACHE W GRUBBY NAILS IN 4 – COUNT EM’ – 4 MONTHS.’
Tallulah said she had never ‘felt so motivated to brag’ and was ‘truly forkin proud’ of the improvements she was making in her personal care.
Wednesday’s social media share comes after Tallulah revealed for the first time that she’s been diagnosed with autism – while opening up about how the condition has ‘changed her life’ after she learned about it this past summer.
She shared her health discovery amid her father’s ongoing battle with dementia.
Skin picking disorder, also known as dermatillomania or excoriation disorder, is a mental health condition that causes people to compulsively pick at their skin, per Cleveland Clinic
The actress’s ‘before’ photo shows her skin covered in reddish, scabbed-over cuts and scratches around her mouth, nose, and eyes
The ‘after’ photo reveals a much clearer, blemish-free visage
‘PICKING HAPPENS!! And then healing **can ** happen,’ she captioned the carousel. ‘Healing doesn’t have to mean clear skin, and it doesn’t mean intrusive thoughts stop intruding, and it doesn’t mean you’re not gonna do it again. it’s small wins’
She posted a throwback video of her and her father, who has over the last two years been diagnosed with both frontotemporal dementia and aphasia, on the red carpet at the premiere of the actor’s 2004 film The Whole Ten Yards, which then 10-year-old Tallulah also starred in.
With the post, she wrote: ‘Tell me [you’re] autistic without telling me [you’re] autistic.’
In the video, a young Tallulah, who is being held by Bruce as he answers a journalist’s questions, is seen fiddling with his ears and rubbing her hands over his bald head repeatedly.
Her post prompted a follower to ask about her diagnosis.
The actress responded: ‘Actually this is the first time I’ve ever publicly shared my diagnosis. Found out this summer and it’s changed my life.’
Her sister, Scout LaRue, also wrote, ‘She’s stimming,’ with Tallulah replying: ‘Dude the ear curl. I wish we had stronger audio.’
According to the Cleveland Clinic, stimming ‘is when a person repeatedly makes the same movements or sounds.’
It’s a way for people to regulate their emotions and it’s ‘often (though not always) associated with autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental conditions.’
Tallulah seen with sisters Rumer and Scout as well as mom Demi Moore in March
Rumer Willis, father Bruce Willis, Tallulah, Demi Moore and sister Scout LaRue Willis in 2015
Rumer Willis, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Scout Willis, Emma Heming Willis and Tallulah Willis attend Demi Moore’s ‘Inside Out’ Book Party on September 23, 2019
Demi Moore, Scout Willis and Tallulah attend International Women’s Day event in 2018
In 2021, she posted on Instagram that she ‘punished myself for not looking like my mom, after being told’ she looks like her father.
‘I resented the resemblance as I believed wholly my “masculine” face was the sole reason for my unlovability – FALSE!’ she said. ‘I was/am inherently valuable and worthy, at any life stage, at any size, with any hairdo! (As are you).’
She added, ‘You need to soothe the wound within your soul before trying to “fix” the outsides.
‘Be mindful of the special and impressionable minds around you and their access to social media and potential triggering imagery or the indicators that hyper-focusing on ones appearance goes deeper then just wanting to feel good in their own skin.’
