A dietitian with eczema shares the 3 simple ways she lowers inflammation for clearer skin — without restrictive eating

Rakhi Roy Chowdhury, a registered dietitian in Florida, switched career paths from acting to nutrition when changing her own diet vastly reduced her eczema flare-ups.

Photohead Photography Rakhi Roy Chowdhury, a registered dietitian in Florida, has had eczema since childhood.

Her skin didn't improve until she tried an anti-inflammatory diet and improved her gut health.

She aims to eat 30 grams of fiber a day and follows the "80/20" rule for sugar and alcohol.

Before she became a dietitian, Rakhi Roy Chowdhury wanted to be an actor.

Her eczema flare-ups got in the way.

"It was pretty much a geographic patchy map of eczema that was all over my body," Chowdhury, 36, told Business Insider.

She felt the red blotches she got on her face, hands, chest, back, elbows, and behind her knees made it difficult to go on auditions for TV and film roles.

Chowdhury has dealt with eczema since she was about six months old.

She said her breakouts were so bad that, when she was 10, her parents even relocated their family from New York City to Florida on a doctor's recommendation, who told them the latter location had fewer environmental pollutants and dry winter weather that could trigger symptoms.

Chowdhury said her eczema flare-ups made it difficult to audition for on-screen roles.

Scott Dentinger/Rakhi Roy Chowdhury Chowdhury felt better, but still dealt with flare-ups, trying topical skincare products such as steroid creams .

She started experiencing side effects when she went off them.

"My skin was thinning," she said.