I think that branch, if we're talking about the same one, will bulge the base, but not much more. Not a fan of that aesthetical end.
But ..
I wouldn't remove it either, though I understand what penumbra is getting at....
There is still a balance between having the health of the foliage on that branch and not.
The difference being the exact amount of time it takes the other side to regrow that amount of folaige.
And heresy becomes heresay.
Sorce