About Rootessa
Last updated: August 2026
Rootessa is a hair, skin & nails care brand built around three products: Rootessa Peptide Serum, a cosmetic hair serum formulated with peptides and botanical extracts; Rootessa Hair Oil, a lightweight scalp oil blend; and Rootessa Hair, Skin & Nails Gummies, a daily biotin and multivitamin supplement.
Why Rootessa exists
Rootessa was founded by Gerardo De La Guardia, a Panama-based entrepreneur who also founded Constructora Nacional y Asociados, a construction company that has built infrastructure for Panama's government, for agricultural producers, and for schools and universities — including schools serving indigenous communities.
Gerardo has androgenetic alopecia. He knows firsthand what it's like to watch your hair change and to feel less confident because of it — and how much of what's marketed for hair loss is overpriced, vague about what's actually inside the bottle, or promises more than it delivers. That's what pushed him to start Rootessa: hair, skin, and nail care built the same way he approaches a construction project — precisely, with full transparency about materials and methods, and no shortcuts.
Rootessa is still a young, growing brand — not a large, established company. We'd rather be upfront about that than invent a history we don't have. What we can be precise about is exactly what's in each product, how it's made, and where it ships from.
What we sell
Peptide Serum
A lightweight leave-in serum formulated with sh-Polypeptide and sh-Oligopeptide complexes, saw palmetto and rosemary extracts. Absorbs fast, no greasy residue — for the appearance of more volume and fuller-looking hair.
Hair Oil
A 30ml dropper blend of jojoba, argan, sweet almond, castor and coconut oils with rosemary, tea tree and lavender. Lightweight and non-greasy, made to complement your daily hair care routine.
Hair, Skin & Nails Gummies
Passion fruit-flavored chewables with biotin, vitamins A/C/D/E, B-6, folate, B-12, zinc, iodine and collagen — 60 gummies per bottle, gluten-free, GMP-certified.
How our products are made
Our products are manufactured and distributed through a contract ("private label") manufacturing partner certified under current Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
More detail on all three products, including full ingredient lists and use, is available on our Disclaimer page.
What matters to us
- Full ingredient transparency. We publish the complete ingredient list for each product — the INCI list for Peptide Serum and Hair Oil, and the supplement facts for the Gummies — not just marketing copy.
- We don't promise what we can't back up. For Peptide Serum and Hair Oil we talk about appearance and feel, not medical outcomes. For the Gummies we describe how the nutrients support hair, skin and nails as a dietary supplement — not a cure or treatment for any condition.
- Honest sourcing. The Gummies' collagen is marine-derived, so the product is not vegan — we say so plainly rather than leaving it out.
- Honest shipping. We currently ship to 37 countries. The full list is shown at checkout before you pay — if yours isn't on it, you'll see that there, not after.
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Company
Rootessa is a brand of Rootessa S.A., Urb. Palmera Village, Boquerón, Chiriquí, Panama.
Contact
Questions about an order, a product, or this page? Email us at info@rootessa.com, or see our full Contact page.