You can prevent eye wrinkles by using a high-quality anti eye wrinkle cream on a daily basis, always wearing sunscreen and wearing sun glasses regularly. This video also advises not sleeping on your face at night because it scrunches the skin and breaks down collagen and elastin. While this is recommended, it is understandably not always possible, since most people unknowingly switch sleeping positions frequently throughout the night. This video does a good job of demonstrating the proper way to apply anti eye wrinkle cream without damaging the thin, fragile skin around the eye.