Plucking hand fingernail issue..

[Silas Martinez]

Over the past week or so I've noticed a rather unpleasant phenomena.. on my right (plucking) hand, I've noticed that my fingernail wants to pull away from the 'meat' of the finger, to the point where I've developed a bit of separation there, and see raw skin where I'd hope it would be callous right up to the nail. It coincides with a bit of a change to my fingerstyle (two finger), and a much lighter touch that also lets me play significantly faster. A spot of superglue holds everything in place, but without that it gets a bit painful to play.

I don't (think) I play with a very heavy touch (no fret buzz, low action, rely on the amp for volume - when I intentionally 'dig in' I get some real clank and fret buzz, and lose a bit of speed), and I don't notice this on slower pieces - it only acts up when I'm playing a lot of phrases that push my 'speed limit'. It seems to be because the middle finger is longer than the index finger, so is 'cocked back' to keep it at a consistent length - which angles the nail closer to the point of contact with the string.

Any suggestions on things to try to keep this from happening? I try to keep that nail pretty short, because when it gets longer, it pulls more (almost kind of catches on the string), and can get really painful. I don't think I can trim it back much more, without having it unhealthily short.

I've tried switching to index+ring for plucking, and I lose a chunk of dexterity, as well as have a more difficult time keeping consistent attack. I'd prefer to do that only as a last resort.

Is this something that will eventually build up a thick enough callous on the middle finger, and the issue will go away on its own, or do I need to seriously re-evaluate technique?

Thanks!