I have gone over the site, but can find nothing that addresses this question.
Can you be a little more specific as to which link the information is at?

Marshall

SILVER wrote:

> everyone should visit silverlon.com for answers to this question.
>
> gregg silver
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Frank Key <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: CS>Where to find 50 ppm......
>
> > Marshall wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I think most of us have reached the conclusion that colloidal silver is
> more effective than ionic silver for killing pathogens.  But
> > > I wonder about topical application.  CS would I believe deposit on the
> skin without any penetration.  But silver ions should be able
> > > to migrate into the tissues.  Silver ions have been shown to be
> effective in healing, in fact reverting cells back to stem cells in
> > > injured areas, a very important consideration for injuries and burns.
> > >
> > > So I am wondering what is really best for something like a burn.  The CS
> would be best for fighting the surface infection, but might
> > > not the ions be necessary for the best healing as well, both from the
> standpoint of penetration and the stem cell healing effect?
> > >
> > > Have you done any experiments to address this at all?
> >
> > I have not done any experiments, but I have a few reports from people who
> have applied high particle concentration (15 ppm particles) colloidal silver
> to burns. They report that the pain was relieved within 30 minutes, and
> there was no swelling or blistering. The colloid in question had very little
> ionic silver content (less than 20%) and the particles were less than 2 nm
> diameter.
> >
> > Keep in mind that ionic silver applied to the skin quickly dries. In doing
> so, the silver ions are converted to silver oxide which is nearly insoluble
> in water. I believe that this would result in a film of silver oxide
> deposited on the surface of the skin. The silver oxide would most likely
> form into particles in the 1 to 3 nm diameter range. These are the same
> particles that appear in a  TEM image when highly ionic silver is the
> subject of observation.
> >
> > Colloidal silver that has a high particle concentration will dry into a
> film of metallic silver particles deposited on the surface of the skin. If
> the particle size was 1 nm in the colloidal state, the particles on the skin
> would likewise be 1 nm.
> >
> > In either case, I believe that particles that small would be absorbed into
> the skin to some extent. The size of these particles compared to skin cells
> is infinitesimally small.
> >
> > frank key
> >
> >
> >
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