Method for operating a laundry treatment appliance , comprising a casing within which a drum rotated by a motor is arranged, an opening provided in the casing for loading the laundry into said drum and a door adapted to open or to close said opening , whereby said door gives access to said drum and is lockable by means of a door lock , and whereby said appliance performs a laundry treatment cycle, comprising the steps of: a) selecting a laundry treatment process; b) loading laundry into said drum ; c) starting said laundry treatment process; d) locking said door by actuating said door lock ; e) estimating the amount of laundry load; characterized in the steps of f) issuing a notification if the amount of laundry lies outside a laundry load threshold range; g) if the amount of laundry lies outside said laundry load threshold range, checking whether safety/security conditions for unlocking said door lock are met; if said conditions are met, providing an unlocking enablement of said door lock ; h) maintaining said unlocking enablement of said door lock for a prescribed waiting amount of time, thereby allowing the user to change the amount of laundry load; i) determining if an interaction occurred which is linked to a possible access of laundry in said drum ; j) if said interaction did not occur, prosecuting the laundry treatment process with one set of operational parameters; k) if said interaction has occurred, performing step d) and one of the following: - prosecuting said laundry treatment process with said one set of operational parameters, or - prosecuting said laundry treatment process with another set of operational parameters different from said one set of operational parameters, or l) performing steps e) to k) up to a prescribed number of times. a) selecting a laundry treatment process; b) loading laundry into said drum ; c) starting said laundry treatment process; d) locking said door by actuating said door lock ; e) estimating the amount of laundry load; characterized in the steps of f) issuing a notification if the amount of laundry lies outside a laundry load threshold range; g) if the amount of laundry lies outside said laundry load threshold range, checking whether safety/security conditions for unlocking said door lock are met; if said conditions are met, providing an unlocking enablement of said door lock ; h) maintaining said unlocking enablement of said door lock for a prescribed waiting amount of time, thereby allowing the user to change the amount of laundry load; i) determining if an interaction occurred which is linked to a possible access of laundry in said drum ; j) if said interaction did not occur, prosecuting the laundry treatment process with one set of operational parameters; k) if said interaction has occurred, performing step d) and one of the following: - prosecuting said laundry treatment process with said one set of operational parameters, or - prosecuting said laundry treatment process with another set of operational parameters different from said one set of operational parameters, or - prosecuting said laundry treatment process with said one set of operational parameters, or - prosecuting said laundry treatment process with another set of operational parameters different from said one set of operational parameters, or l) performing steps e) to k) up to a prescribed number of times. <EOS>