A fingerprint recognition method, comprising: acquiring a prestored number of historical defect dots after a fingerprint recognition sensor captures a first fingerprint image, the number of the historical defect dots referring to a number of damaged capturing modules of the fingerprint recognition sensor detected before the fingerprint recognition sensor captures the first fingerprint image; prohibiting performing matching recognition on the first fingerprint image when the number of the historical defect dots is greater than or equal to a first preset number threshold; characterized in that after performing matching recognition on the first fingerprint image is prohibited, detecting the number of the damaged capturing modules of the fingerprint recognition sensor to obtain a number of current defect dots; and updating the number of the historical defect dots by using the number of the current defect dots, the updated number of the historical defect dots being used for deciding whether to perform matching recognition on a fingerprint image captured next time, wherein the detecting the number of the damaged capturing modules of the fingerprint recognition sensor to obtain a number of current defect dots comprises: applying a preset voltage to each of the capturing modules of the fingerprint recognition sensor after detecting a finger leaves; acquiring an electric current value for each of the capturing modules after the preset voltage is applied; determining one of the capturing modules of the fingerprint recognition sensor as a damaged capturing module when the electric current value of the capturing module satisfies a preset condition after the preset voltage is applied; and acquiring the number of the damaged capturing modules of the fingerprint recognition sensor to obtain the number of the current defect dots. acquiring a prestored number of historical defect dots after a fingerprint recognition sensor captures a first fingerprint image, the number of the historical defect dots referring to a number of damaged capturing modules of the fingerprint recognition sensor detected before the fingerprint recognition sensor captures the first fingerprint image; prohibiting performing matching recognition on the first fingerprint image when the number of the historical defect dots is greater than or equal to a first preset number threshold; characterized in that after performing matching recognition on the first fingerprint image is prohibited, detecting the number of the damaged capturing modules of the fingerprint recognition sensor to obtain a number of current defect dots; and updating the number of the historical defect dots by using the number of the current defect dots, the updated number of the historical defect dots being used for deciding whether to perform matching recognition on a fingerprint image captured next time, wherein the detecting the number of the damaged capturing modules of the fingerprint recognition sensor to obtain a number of current defect dots comprises: applying a preset voltage to each of the capturing modules of the fingerprint recognition sensor after detecting a finger leaves; acquiring an electric current value for each of the capturing modules after the preset voltage is applied; determining one of the capturing modules of the fingerprint recognition sensor as a damaged capturing module when the electric current value of the capturing module satisfies a preset condition after the preset voltage is applied; and acquiring the number of the damaged capturing modules of the fingerprint recognition sensor to obtain the number of the current defect dots. applying a preset voltage to each of the capturing modules of the fingerprint recognition sensor after detecting a finger leaves; acquiring an electric current value for each of the capturing modules after the preset voltage is applied; determining one of the capturing modules of the fingerprint recognition sensor as a damaged capturing module when the electric current value of the capturing module satisfies a preset condition after the preset voltage is applied; and acquiring the number of the damaged capturing modules of the fingerprint recognition sensor to obtain the number of the current defect dots.