Friday, October 9, 2026
Dear Mama Tenza

Dear Mama Tenza

A health advice column for all ages. Mama Tenza recommends natural remedies for common, everyday health scares.

Dear Mama Tenza, I have two children, one is 9 and the other is 4 years old. When the 9 year old was about 6 she caught a ringworm in her back and what I got prescribed for...

Dear Mama Tenza, Suh, mi a good gal! My makeup always on fleek, mi hair eva duh, nails up and mi only use Bath and Body Works and Victoria Secret pon mi body. (tone changes) But from the other day, right about...

Dear Mama Tenza, I got my hair cut by another barber recently (just this once) because my barber was not available. I loved the cut but now I'm feeling small bumps at the back of my head. What can I...

Dear Mama Tenza, Last month I had my regular cycle (period) but I’m worried something is wrong with me. I thought my period started but what I saw was dark brown, kinda black YUK! Then my period came. This month...

Dear Mama Tenza,Every year, right after New Year, afta mi cute and clean an di gurl dem a swarm mi like when bees si honey, mi get buss up lip an cold sore! A wah cuda...

Dear Mama Tenza, My son caught chicken pox and now his skin is just awful. He has spots and flake-like stuff everywhere. There’s no cream I can use to put all over him. The tube would be finished in one...

Mama Tenza mi need yuh help urgent! I have a pageant coming up so I’ve been working out. I’m also a college student and I have a full-time job, so I’m a bit stressed. I think its showing in...

Mama Tenza, Mi can use mi face fi grater cokanat di way it dry and bumpy, all mi neck! Make-up jus mek mi look wors, especially when mi skin get oily. Right now mi nuh guh nuhweh. I work from...

Mama Tenza!!!!!!!! with all this talk about special needs, I am so afraid of giving birth. I'm two months pregnant and all I can think about is "what if my baby is born with autism". My husband has a...

Mama Tenza! Mi nuh sure wah gwan, but all I know is, it nuh cute! I always have dandruff, no matter what oils I use or how often I wash my hair. I have rashes in my face, my...