Exactly. When we meet Bilbo in Rivendell, he appears to have aged a lot in such a short span of time. It is because his body is trying to "catch up" its physical age with its chronological age. The aging process is accelerated once that influence for longevity is removed.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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