In the human body, silica is essential for the fundamental support of bone formation, joints, muscles, ligaments and connective tissue. Healthy hair, skin, nail, teeth, gums, brain function and flexible arteries would be impossible without silica. Silica is essential for lung tissue function, elasticity, mucous flow, coughing, and regeneration of mucus membranes. Silica is critical to our wellbeing, but it is difficult to assimilate from a normal diet. Silica supplementation can increase collagen I, in growing bones, by 100%. In addition, as our bodies age we use increased levels of silica but are not able to replenish it as quickly or as easily as when young.  Silica becomes increasingly more critical as we get older and may help in supporting longevity and eliminating the wrinkling of the skin. Supplementing our silica intake on a regular basis may be extremely beneficial. This is taken by the drop.