Mozzi
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If someone really wants to play the guitar, they will find a way to work with what they have. It may mean the OP will have to work a bit harder to overcome some issues but there are ways. A lot of single note solo's don't require a lot of movement or speed with the index finger and can be used more to anchor their hand around that position with the rest of the fingers doing a lot of the work. Not being 'accurate' with the finger on just the string being struck can be a good thing as it can mute the other strings.
Being relatively new to guitar, having this injury may not be too much of a set-back as you can learn to work within your limitations. If it happened much later, whilst you do have the knowledge, you have to re-learn technique, learn ways to overcome or get round the problems, build up new muscle memory so that it becomes instinctive without slipping back into the technique you had before - essentially getting set-back much further. If you learn to play a chord or solo a certain way, trying to learn to play it a different way because of an injury can be more difficult without slipping back to the old way. Its become instinctive so you have to try and break that instinct as well as teach your fingers new muscle memory.
Being relatively new to guitar, having this injury may not be too much of a set-back as you can learn to work within your limitations. If it happened much later, whilst you do have the knowledge, you have to re-learn technique, learn ways to overcome or get round the problems, build up new muscle memory so that it becomes instinctive without slipping back into the technique you had before - essentially getting set-back much further. If you learn to play a chord or solo a certain way, trying to learn to play it a different way because of an injury can be more difficult without slipping back to the old way. Its become instinctive so you have to try and break that instinct as well as teach your fingers new muscle memory.