A laundry treatment device comprising: • a casing supporting a treatment chamber for receiving laundry to be treated, said casing including an aperture for granting access to said treatment chamber; • a door assembly pivotally mounted on said casing and capable of opening and closing said aperture: • a locking device for locking said door assembly in a closed position in which said aperture is closed; • wherein said door assembly comprises: ∘ a door frame supporting said locking device and in which a recess is defined; and ∘ a handle which is: ▪ partially housed in said recess; ▪ pivotally supported on said door frame and capable of performing a rotation (α) between a resting position in which said handle operates said locking device so as to lock the door assembly and an unlocking position in which said handle operates said locking device so as to unlock said door assembly; characterizes in that said handle further comprises: ▪ a grip portion facing an internal region of said door assembly; and ▪ a flap opposed to said grip portion and overlapping a surface of said door frame adjacent to said recess both in the resting and in the locking position of said handle; said rotation (α) being obtained by pulling said grip portion away from said door assembly. • a casing supporting a treatment chamber for receiving laundry to be treated, said casing including an aperture for granting access to said treatment chamber; • a door assembly pivotally mounted on said casing and capable of opening and closing said aperture: • a locking device for locking said door assembly in a closed position in which said aperture is closed; • wherein said door assembly comprises: ∘ a door frame supporting said locking device and in which a recess is defined; and ∘ a handle which is: ▪ partially housed in said recess; ▪ pivotally supported on said door frame and capable of performing a rotation (α) between a resting position in which said handle operates said locking device so as to lock the door assembly and an unlocking position in which said handle operates said locking device so as to unlock said door assembly; characterizes in that said handle further comprises: ▪ a grip portion facing an internal region of said door assembly; and ▪ a flap opposed to said grip portion and overlapping a surface of said door frame adjacent to said recess both in the resting and in the locking position of said handle; ∘ a door frame supporting said locking device and in which a recess is defined; and ∘ a handle which is: ▪ partially housed in said recess; ▪ pivotally supported on said door frame and capable of performing a rotation (α) between a resting position in which said handle operates said locking device so as to lock the door assembly and an unlocking position in which said handle operates said locking device so as to unlock said door assembly; characterizes in that said handle further comprises: ▪ a grip portion facing an internal region of said door assembly; and ▪ a flap opposed to said grip portion and overlapping a surface of said door frame adjacent to said recess both in the resting and in the locking position of said handle; ▪ partially housed in said recess; ▪ pivotally supported on said door frame and capable of performing a rotation (α) between a resting position in which said handle operates said locking device so as to lock the door assembly and an unlocking position in which said handle operates said locking device so as to unlock said door assembly; ▪ a grip portion facing an internal region of said door assembly; and ▪ a flap opposed to said grip portion and overlapping a surface of said door frame adjacent to said recess both in the resting and in the locking position of said handle;