What amount of heat = true reduction??

I read all over that to get true reduction its =40J and others say anything less than 20J is worthless.

What is the truth??

Thanks in advance

There are too many other factors like pulse width, skin type and other things to make thee assumptions. What is true in one case wont come close in another.

You can use a tiny spot size and treat using 150J and it will still not be as effective as 30J on on a 10x10 spot size.

As said above, your statement is kind of like which car is better, red or yellow.