What lubricant - water or silicon based

I was recently looking for more sophisticated lubricant then I use till now for manual and speculum exams, which is pretty common non-parfumed water based lubricant you can probably buy eleswhere. I have came across proffesional gel named Lubgyn - but its a bit pricey. Anyway I was wondering - does anyone know what is more used in real gynecology - water based one or silicon based lube?

Water based lubes are more common in the medical environment.

Silcone based ones are more common in sex play where you have endurance. Endurance means less reapplication of lube because it got dry.

I think most of the gynecologists I have been to have used the sterile, single use packages of lube.

I'm pretty sure it's a water based lube because the risk of infection is greater with a silicon base. Water base being the key word here. Some women just can't have anything else used on them as there system goes into a defence mode and causes infections.

Kimberly is right about the preference of some practitioners with single use packets of lube.

I've also seen some colon hydro-therapists use the 3 gram foil packs of surgilube.

There is a way to mitigate the possibility of contamination on the lubricant if certain things are taken into account.

Replace gloves before reapplying lube.

If you ever seen some videos of Stonefox you will see some of the things not to do when it comes to contamination.

Squeeze lube into gloved finger that has already entered into some body orifice.

Always water-based lube for us. It is the only lubricant used in office settings.