The present invention concerns processes for the production of implants withultrahydrophilic surfaces as well as methods for protecting suchultrahydrophilic surfaces byevaporating salt-containing solutions to form an exsiccation layer or storagein salt-containingaqueous solutions that has a total ion concentration of more than 0.5 mol/l aswell as implantsproduced by said processes. Also processes for loading said implants withpeptides areincluded as well as implants produces in that way.