What effect would living underwater have on a mermaid's skin?

Mermaids are commonly depicted as mammalian, human-like creatures from the waist up and scaly fish-like creatures from the waist down.

What properties (color, texture, etc) would their mammal skin likely evolve to have while living under deep water?

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