If you're wearing -10 years in gear and you get withered and it ages you 2 years (I don't know the exact number it can do I'm just pulling something out of my ass) will that age loss be negated by the gear you're wearing? Ie. does it become -8 years in gear and when you remove it you're back to normal?

If so that'd be an easy way to negate those nasty side affects.