I bought this robe as a Christmas gift for my boyfriend. He wears a medium and it fit perfect. When I received it I opened it up to look at it. I was dismayed  when I saw the amount of lint that came off the robe. But I loved how soft it was. I decided to give it to him anyway, hoping that when I washed it in cold water and air dryed the lint problem would go away. I was right! My boyfriend loves it! You do not need to dry flat. The heat from a dryer can cause fleece to loose it's softness. So I use the air dry setting on dryer, or just hang to dry.